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atelomixis

atelomixis noun: incomplete vertical mixing of stratified water masses, homogenizing layers.

Noun

atelomixis (uncountable)

  1. Incomplete vertical mixing of stratified water masses, homogenizing layers.

Origin of atelomixis

See atelo- + -mixis, see -mictic. Compare also meromixis.

Questions about atelomixis

What does atelomixis mean?
Atelomixis means incomplete vertical mixing of stratified water masses, homogenizing layers.
What part of speech is atelomixis?
Atelomixis is a noun.

Words near atelomixis in the dictionary

  1. Atellan
  2. Atellans
  3. atelo-
  4. atelocardia
  5. atelocollagen
  6. atelomixis
  7. atelomyelia
  8. atelophobia
  9. atelosteogeneses
  10. atelosteogenesis
  11. atelostomate

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