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-mictic

-mictic suffix: refers to the manner in which a body of water stratifies.

Suffix

-mictic

  1. Refers to the manner in which a body of water stratifies.

Origin of -mictic

From Ancient Greek μίξις (míxis, “mingling”). First used in holomictic.

Questions about -mictic

What does -mictic mean?
-mictic means refers to the manner in which a body of water stratifies.
What part of speech is -mictic?
-mictic is a suffix.

Words near -mictic in the dictionary

  1. -metres
  2. -metric
  3. -metrics
  4. -metry
  5. -micin
  6. -mictic
  7. -mifene
  8. -minx
  9. -misia
  10. -misic
  11. -mo

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