humifactionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

humifaction ‎(uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The transformation of organic matter into humus; decomposition.
   • 1853, Walter Savage Landor, The Last Fruit Off an Old Tree^[1], page 193:

     In the Hejira from Rome the Holy Spirit was less perceptible than the Spirit of Hartshorn, administered by the French Ambassador; and the coach (I hear) displayed on the carpet less of sanctification than of humifaction.

   • 1873, Ellen E. Frewer, The Heart of Africa^[2], translation of original by Dr. Georg Schweinfurth, page 533:

     The process of rapid superficial humifaction which takes place. here, is to be attributed doubtless to the temperature being so much higher than in the temperate zones, where a corresponding degree of decomposition would be the work of years.

   • 1914, Wendell Paddock, Fruit-growing in Arid Regions^[3], page 197:

     Much of this valuable material is lost by constant clean cultivation and the consequent burning of the organic materials, before it reaches the stage in which humifaction may take place.