vadose
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to water beneath the surface of the earth which is located above the level of the permanent groundwater.
Example Sentences
- "The seep lay high up among the ledges, vadose water dripping down the slick black rock and monkeyflower and deathcamas hanging in a small perilous garden. The water that reached the canyon floor was no more than a trickle and they leaned by turns with pursed lips to the stone like devouts at a shrine."
- "Research has shown bone apatite to undergo chemical exchange with carbonates in either vadose water or groundwater."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-óm Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm Proto-Italic *waðom Latin vadum Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin vadosusbor. English vadose Borrowed from Latin vadosus.
Phrases
vadose zone
Frequently Paired Words
vadose zone
vadosity