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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not completely saturated.

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Examples

  • Rate-dependent evaporation/sublimation as a function of particle size is calculated in subsaturated layers between and below clouds.

    Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit 2006

  • By building mimics of xylem capillaries within the gels, the scientists were able to create negative-pressures of the magnitude observed in trees, and to pump water against large resistances and out of subsaturated, or partially dry, sources.

    The Open Piehole 2008

  • By building mimics of xylem capillaries within the gels, the scientists were able to create negative-pressures of the magnitude observed in trees, and to pump water against large resistances and out of subsaturated, or partially dry, sources.

    The Open Piehole 2008

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