huminous

English

Etymology

From humin +‎ -ous.

Adjective

huminous (comparative more huminous, superlative most huminous)

1. Pertaining to humin.
   • 1941, Tentative Draft of Methods for Testing Zeolites:

     The organic zeolites as here defined are made from carbonaceous, resinous and huminous materials and operate in the cation-exchange cycle employing sodium in regeneration.

   • 1991, Acta geologica et geographica Universitatis Comenianae: Geologica:

     In the carbon balance there are some differences in the share or bituminous and huminous carbon, free hydrocarbon contents as well as hydrogen and oxygen indices, but ...

   • 2009, Tarek A. Kassim, Damià Barceló, Environmental Consequences of War and Aftermath, →ISBN, page 288:

     On the other hand, the strength of the connection which the ion of a heavy metal establishes with its substrate will directly determine its mobility -- the ion bound by weak, adsorptive connections to some substrate will easily convert into a solution, while the huminous associated metals will be firmly gound to their substrate.