0 present participle of wet
1 to make something wet:
It encodes the wetting history of the process.
In particular, the evolution of oxygen gas upon wetting of soil required a strong oxidant at sufficiently high concentration.
In the semi-arid areas, where this type is quite frequent, the signal is the wetting of the soil.
They used a precursor model, which is the limiting case of completely wetting fluids.
After a period of wetting, more drops of rain may disperse some of the seeds that adhere to the wet soil surface.
Because the samples had already become ignitable prior to this wetting, the experiment was discontinued.
Suggested management strategies to minimize desiccation include spraying during the evening and using supplemental wetting prior to or following application.
There are also other desert plant species with seeds that start to germinate after a very short time of wetting.
