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dimictic

dimictic noun: having two thermal overturns per year.

Noun

dimictic

  1. Having two thermal overturns per year.
  2. Exhibiting dimixis, in which mating is governed by two idiomorphs.

Origin of dimictic

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”). By surface analysis, di- + -mictic.

Questions about dimictic

What does dimictic mean?
Dimictic means having two thermal overturns per year.
What part of speech is dimictic?
Dimictic is a noun.

Words near dimictic in the dictionary

  1. Dimiao
  2. dimication
  3. dimications
  4. DiMiceli
  5. Dimicelis
  6. dimictic
  7. dimidial
  8. dimidiate
  9. dimidiated
  10. dimidiately
  11. dimidiates

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