What's the difference between dew and moisture?

Dew


Definition:

  • (n.) Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.
  • (n.) Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
  • (n.) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor.
  • (v. t.) To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.
  • (a. & n.) Same as Due, or Duty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As Geoff Dyer notes in his essay for Dewe Mathews's book, her images may "bear a conceptual resemblance to Sternfeld's, but they are taken within the already charged zone of memory that is the Western Front.
  • (2) Advantages of DEW over the use of conventional manuals are 1) the extensive volume of text, 2) the large number of high quality illustrations, 3) the immediate access to cross references and 4) the potential for continuous revision.
  • (3) Physiological measurements included local skin and dew-point temperatures.
  • (4) Photograph: Chloe Dewe Mathews On another trip, Dewe Mathews visited the local council maintenance office in Mazingarbe, Nord–Pas-de-Calais, which is situated in a former abbatoir where 11 British soldiers were executed for desertion between December 1915 and March 1918.
  • (5) Photograph: Chloe Dewe Mathews His officer namesake later recorded the proceedings in his memoirs: "There are hooks on the post; we always do things thoroughly in the Rifles.
  • (6) Dew point, however, failed to predict patient load during the 1990 race.
  • (7) Five male volunteers performed three 180-min experiments (three repeats of 10 min rest, 50 min walking at 440 watts) in an environment of 38 degrees C dry bulb (Tdb), 12 degrees C dew point (Tdp).
  • (8) Five subjects performed intermittent exercise on a bicycle ergometer (25 min work, 5 min rest cycles for 2 hours, and 20 min work, 10 min rest cycles for a further hour) in a hot environment (air and wall temperatures = 36 degrees C; dew-point temperature = 10 degrees C; air velocity = 0.6 m.s-1).
  • (9) We have always followed this conservative procedure, as of course in cases of liver echinococcus, that is: cyst enucleation and marcupialisation (Posadas-Dew method), if there are no cyst complications.
  • (10) Chloe Dewe Mathews: ‘Druid Chris Parks rows his homemade coracle on the upper Thames.
  • (11) A homogeneous batch of dew retted hackled flax was divided into two portions.
  • (12) Skrillex and Chance The Rapper Recess tracklist All is Fair In Love And Brostep with Ragga Twins Recess, with Kill the Noise, Fatman Scoop and Michael Angelakos Stranger, with KillaGraham from Milo and Otis and Sam Dew Try It Out (Neon Mix), with Alvin Risk Coast Is Clear, with Chance the Rapper and the Social Experiment Dirty Vibe, with Diplo, G-Dragon from Big Bang and CL from 2NE1 Ragga Bomb, with Ragga Twins Doompy Poomp Fuck That Ease My Mind, with Niki and the Dove Fire Away, with Kid Harpoon
  • (13) Five subjects exercised on a cycle ergometer for 30 min at 55% peak oxygen consumption on two occasions in an environmental test chamber (ambient temperature = 29 degrees C; dew point temperature = 10 degrees C).
  • (14) A subline (FL) of a long-term growth-selected line (F) of turkeys was established by mass selecting solely for increased shank width at the narrowest point (dew claw).
  • (15) The evaluation experiment was, however, very rigid and negatively biased with respect to the DEW system.
  • (16) Experiments were carried out on four healthy male subjects in two separate sessions: (a) A baseline period of two consecutive nights, one spent at thermoneutrality [operative temperature (To) = 30 degrees C, dew-point temperature (Tdp) = 7 degrees C, air velocity (Va) = 0.2 m.s-1] and the other in hot condition (To = 35 degrees C, Tdp = 7 degrees C, Va = 0.2 m.s-1).
  • (17) Vivienne Dews, the OFT chief executive, said of the study into SMEs: "Our work suggests there may be competition concerns in this sector.
  • (18) Sharp retained his chairmanship of £175m lobbying and public relations group Huntsworth, better known in City circles for its trading brands, Citigate Dewe Rogerson, Grayling and Red.
  • (19) Direct dew-point recording offers an easy practical dimension to the study of efficacy of latent heat loss and skin wettedness properties through garments.
  • (20) "Initially, I was wary of taking on a project about the first world war as I have no personal connection with it," says Dewe Mathews, "but, from a documentary photography perspective, I was drawn to the idea of arriving somewhere 100 years afterwards.

Moisture


Definition:

  • (n.) A moderate degree of wetness.
  • (n.) That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To investigate the physical state of water in hydrating biological macro-molecules, the dielectric properties of water in hen egg lysozyme pellets with various moisture contents were studied using the thermally stimulated depolarisation currents technique.
  • (2) The gravimetric or loss-on-drying method is no longer listed as the required method; the 1.0% moisture limit is no longer specifically stated in the regulation.
  • (3) These revisions were made to bring the regulation into line with changes in residual moisture testing methods and the results obtained when new testing methods were applied to the determination of residual moisture.
  • (4) Glass ionomer cements have the disadvantage of being vulnerable to moisture.
  • (5) Yet, when temperature of incubation, soil pH, soil moisture content and nitrite concentration were varied in the three soils, and with addition of nitrite reductase inhibitors, it appeared in one soil that NO production was partially a biological process.
  • (6) Moisture on the skin was shown to increase the discharge to a standard stimulus, probably by its softening effect on the stratum corneum.
  • (7) The respiration of grain and fungi results in a loss in dry matter as well as the production of heat and moisture which contribute to further spoilage.
  • (8) The isolates differed in their ability to grow and produce fusarin C on corn with different moisture contents (16, 20, 24, and 28%).
  • (9) Wet heat shock (60 degrees C, 90 s) and caffeine (3.8 X 10(-4) M) afford significant radioprotection against post-irradiation O2-dependent damage which develops in seeds of approximately 3.5% moisture content.
  • (10) Because these fungi are fast growing and require high moisture for growth and for enzyme synthesis, the danger of contamination by toxin-producing fungi would be minimal.
  • (11) Successful colonization and invasion of experimentally inoculated feathers required addition of moisture and elevation of relative humidity within the cultures.
  • (12) High-moisture ear corn (HMEC) was treated with specific bacterial inoculants and evaluated for its aerobic stability and utilization for growth by beef steers.
  • (13) Special attention has to be drawn on the problem of microbiological stability because of the necessarily high moisture content of the dispersion.
  • (14) Chemical composition (moisture, protein, and fat) was determined on the lean portion.
  • (15) The amount of moisture retained in the patch was also calculated.
  • (16) The lyophilisate, when exposed to moist atmospheres, picks up moisture to a constant weight.
  • (17) Inverted or disconjugate caloric nystagmus after air stimulation is much more frequently due to tympanic membrane perforation, or moisture in the external ear, than to central nervous system disease.
  • (18) Resorption of these substances via the bronchopulmonary tract and a resulting systemic action cannot be excluded, especially if additional active moisturizing devices are used.
  • (19) A novel analytical method is described for sensitive determination of moisture transmission characteristics of packaging systems.
  • (20) For that matter, mulching with bark, grit or slate will help keep the surface roots cooler and retain moisture in hot weather.

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