The amount of water lost from the soil after drying it to constant weight at 105NC, expressed either as the weight of water per unit weight of dry soil or as the volume of water per unit bulk volume of soil [22].
in reference to fish and fish products the amount of water as a percentage of the net weight. It is about 80% in fresh white fish (q.v.), and at 25% there is little bacterial spoilage. Also called moisture content