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bathylimnion

bathylimnion noun: the lowest sublayer within the hypolimnion of a thermally stratified lake, where the sun no longer meaningfully influences water temperature.

Noun

bathylimnion (plural bathylimnions)

  1. The lowest sublayer within the hypolimnion of a thermally stratified lake, where the sun no longer meaningfully influences water temperature.

Forms of bathylimnion

pluralbathylimnions

Origin of bathylimnion

From bathy- + -limnion.

Questions about bathylimnion

What does bathylimnion mean?
Bathylimnion means the lowest sublayer within the hypolimnion of a thermally stratified lake, where the sun no longer meaningfully influences water temperature.
What part of speech is bathylimnion?
Bathylimnion is a noun.
What is the plural of bathylimnion?
The plural of bathylimnion is bathylimnions.

Words near bathylimnion in the dictionary

  1. bathylasmatid
  2. bathylasmatids
  3. bathylasmatine
  4. bathylasmatines
  5. bathylimnetic
  6. bathylimnion
  7. bathylite
  8. bathylith
  9. bathylithic
  10. bathylitic
  11. bathymasterid

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