NITROGEN BALANCE


Meaning of NITROGEN BALANCE in English

noun

1. : the difference between nitrogen intake and nitrogen excretion in the animal body, a greater intake resulting in a positive balance and an increased excretion causing a negative balance — see nitrogen equilibrium

2. : the net loss or gain of soil nitrogen resulting from the removal of nitrogen (as by cropping, leaching, denitrification, and soil erosion) and the addition of nitrogen (as through fertilizers and nitrogen fixation by organisms)

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