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lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross" (同)waterless
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo (同)desiccate, desiccated
deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing" (同)unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive
incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" (同)unfertile, infertile
without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" (同)dry out
remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" (同)dry out
a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages (同)prohibitionist
humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit" (同)ironic, ironical, wry
lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown (同)juiceless
practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "hes been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal" (同)teetotal
(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat"
(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux"
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
lacking moisture or volatile components; "dry paint"
lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
not producing milk; "a dry cow"
not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state"
unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight"
a prolonged shortage; "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought" (同)drouth
a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season" (同)drouth

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(土地などが)乾燥した,不毛の / (本・話などが)つまらない,無味乾燥な
不妊の,子を生まない(barren) / (土地が)不毛の,やせた(barren) / 無菌の,殺菌した / (考え方・話などが)想像力に乏しい,ありきたりの,陳腐な
『乾いた』,乾燥した / 『雨の降らない』,日照り続きの / 水のかれた,干上がった / (家畜などが)乳の出ない / 涙の出ない / 液状でない,固形の / のどが乾く,のどが乾いた / (パンが)バター(ジャム)などのついていない;(パン・ケーキが)古い,固くなった / ありのままの,飾りけのない,そっけない / (ユーモア・皮肉などが)さりげない / (ぶどう酒などが)辛口の / 禁酒の,禁酒法実施の / …‘を'『乾かす』《+『名』+『up,』+『up』+『名』》 / (手ぬぐい・ハンカチなどで)〈手・足など〉‘を'ぬぐう,ふく《+『名』+『with』(『on』)+『名』》 / (保存のために)〈食物〉‘を'乾燥させる / 『乾く』,〈水が〉かれる《+『up』(『out』)》
『干ばつ』,日照り続き
乾燥 / 乾燥させる,乾燥用の
…‘を'からからに乾燥させる
are (面積の単位)の変形

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For the Belgian rock band, see Arid (band).

A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic.

Concepts

The expression 'available water' refers to water in the soil in excess to the wilting point. The air over a hot desert may actually contain substantial amounts of water vapor but that water may not be generally accessible to plants, except for very specialized organisms (such as some species of lichen). 'Lack of water' refers to use by plants. The water that is actually present in the environment may be sufficient for some species or usages (such as climax vegetation), and grossly insufficient for others. Aridity, the characteristic nature of an arid climate, may thus depend on the use of the land. Regards to the presence of life, what is more important than the degree of rainfall is the fraction of precipitation that is not quickly lost through evaporation or runoff. It can also be characterized by having more evapotranspiration than precipitation. Attempts to quantitatively describe the degree of aridity of a place has often led to the development of aridity indexes. There is no universal agreement on the precise boundaries between classes such as 'hyper-arid', 'arid', 'semi-arid', etc.

Geographical distribution

Although different classification schemes and maps differ in their details, there is a general agreement about the fact that large areas of the Earth are arid. These include the hot deserts located broadly in sub-tropical regions, where the accumulation of water is largely prevented by either low precipitations, or high evaporation, or both, as well as cold deserts near the poles, where water may be permanently locked in solid forms (snow and ice). Other arid regions include areas located in the rain shadows of major mountain ranges or along coastal regions affected by significant upwelling (such as the Atacama Desert).

Change over time

The distribution of aridity observed at any one point in time is largely the result of the general circulation of the atmosphere. The latter does change significantly over time through climate change. In addition, changes in land use can result in greater demands on soil water and induce a higher degree of aridity. See aridification.

References

Griffiths, J. F. (1985) 'Climatology', Chapter 2 in Handbook of Applied Meteorology, Edited by David D. Houghton, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 0-471-08404-2.

Durrenberger, R. W. (1987) 'Arid Climates', article in The Encyclopedia of Climatology, p. 92-101, Edited by J. E. Oliver and R. W. Fairbridge, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, ISBN 0-87933-009-0.

Stadler, S. J (1987) 'Aridity Indexes', article in The Encyclopedia of Climatology, p. 102-107, Edited by J. E. Oliver and R. W. Fairbridge, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, ISBN 0-87933-009-0.

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