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bioconvection

bioconvection noun: the motion of large numbers of small organisms in a fluid, especially free-swimming zooplankton in water.

Noun

bioconvection (uncountable)

  1. The motion of large numbers of small organisms in a fluid, especially free-swimming zooplankton in water

Origin of bioconvection

From bio- + convection.

Questions about bioconvection

What does bioconvection mean?
Bioconvection means the motion of large numbers of small organisms in a fluid, especially free-swimming zooplankton in water.
What part of speech is bioconvection?
Bioconvection is a noun.

Words near bioconvection in the dictionary

  1. biocontaminated
  2. biocontamination
  3. biocontrol
  4. biocontrolling
  5. biocontrols
  6. bioconvection
  7. bioconvective
  8. bioconversion
  9. bioconversions
  10. bioconvert
  11. bioconverted

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