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basinal

basinal adjective: of or relating to a basin.

Adjective

basinal (not comparable)

  1. of or relating to a basin
    • The process may be relevant to the early stages of formation of the large sediment-hosted deposits from brines, exhalative fluids, or basinal fluids, and to formation of other low-temperature ZnS deposits.2000 December 1, Matthias Labrenz et al., “Formation of Sphalerite (ZnS) Deposits in Natural Biofilms of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria”, in Science, volume 290, number 5497, →DOI, pages 1744–1747
    • The transition from freshwater basinal sedimentation to marine deposition was determined by analysis of diatoms from core samples.1997 July 4, Heiner Josenhans et al., “Early Humans and Rapidly Changing Holocene Sea Levels in the Queen Charlotte Islands-Hecate Strait, British Columbia, Canada”, in Science, volume 277, number...

Origin of basinal

From basin + -al.

Words formed from basinal

Questions about basinal

What does basinal mean?
Basinal means of or relating to a basin.
What part of speech is basinal?
Basinal is an adjective.

Words near basinal in the dictionary

  1. basin and range topography
  2. basin cut
  3. basin cuts
  4. basin of attraction
  5. Basin View
  6. basinal
  7. basinasal
  8. basined
  9. basinerved
  10. basinet
  11. basinets

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