: furnishing nourishment
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Examples of nutrient in a Sentence
a breakfast drink enriched with nutrient proteins and vitamins
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Researchers have found increasing numbers of phytoplankton, microscopic algae that thrive in nutrient-rich waters, since the early 1900s.
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The anaerobic digester annually converts 500 tons of animal manure and other organic waste into methane-rich gas to help power the zoo's animal hospital, leaving a nutrient-rich fertilizer as a byproduct.
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Use a premium potting soil mixed with a nutrient-rich organic amendment like worm castings or compost, (two-thirds potting soil to one-third amendment) and just one tomato per container, so the plant has plenty of room to grow.
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The addition of that nutrient-rich poop to an ecosystem leads to an imbalance that, when it’s washed into water sources, can lead to algae blooms and promote the growth of invasive plant species on land.
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All of these can be made incredibly healthfully, low in carbs and calories and packed with nutrient-rich vegetables.
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For those who are perhaps a bit less adventurous, the LOKAL Salad is made of greens grown in a basement using nutrient-rich water instead of soil.
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The Grind2Energy food waste recycling system at the convention center reduces food waste into slurry that is taken to a local anaerobic digestion facility, which extracts methane for energy production and produces a nutrient-rich soil amendment.
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Among those organisms are copepods, tiny crustaceans that right whales have long fed on in the nutrient-rich waters off New England.
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beneficial, healthful, healthy, restorative, salubrious, salutary, wholesome;
Other Physiology Terms
: a nutritive substance or ingredient
Examples of nutrient in a Sentence
Fruits and vegetables have important nutrients.
The soil is low in nutrients.
You need more nutrients in your diet.
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Chick said vegetables lose most of their nutrients within 24 hours after being picked.
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The combo keeps me hydrated and forces me to fuel with real foods (preferably nuts and sardines) instead of trying to get all my nutrients from supposedly gut-busting maltodextrin.
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Fish, after all, are high in protein, low in saturated fat and contain beneficial nutrients like vitamin D and selenium.
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In each case, the sensor was able to detect what the person was consuming by picking up on nutrients, the researchers will report next week in Advanced Materials.
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And since these ingredients are packed with essential nutrients like fiber, protein, and healthy carbs, these meals are all pretty darn healthy, too.
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The Seychelles in some areas lost up to 90 percent of its coral reefs in 1998 in an environmental event known as bleaching, where coral in warming waters expel the colorful algae that live within their skeletons and, without their nutrients, starve.
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The mammoth and the grass belong to an ecosystem of dazzling complexity, where every tiny factor plays a role in the exact balance of nutrients, the release of carbon, and the life cycle of every species that lived there.
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The yolks contain most of the essential nutrients, and the fat in them helps your body absorb those.
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First Known Use of nutrient
circa 1828
Other Physiology Terms
NUTRIENT Defined for English Language Learners
NUTRIENT Defined for Kids
: a substance that is needed for healthy growth, development, and functioning
- Fruits and vegetables have important nutrients.
- Plants get nutrients from the soil.
Medical Dictionary
: furnishing nourishment
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