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gelept

gelept noun: young and weakly developed soils that form in very cold climates where permafrost is present near the surface and that show minimal horizon formation due to limited biological activity and cryoturbation.

Noun

gelept (plural gelepts)

  1. (soil science) Young and weakly developed soils that form in very cold climates where permafrost is present near the surface and that show minimal horizon formation due to limited biological activity and cryoturbation.

Forms of gelept

pluralgelepts

Origin of gelept

From Latin gelāre (“freeze”) + (inc)ept(isol).

Questions about gelept

What does gelept mean?
Gelept means young and weakly developed soils that form in very cold climates where permafrost is present near the surface and that show minimal horizon formation due to limited biological activity and cryoturbation.
What part of speech is gelept?
Gelept is a noun.
What is the plural of gelept?
The plural of gelept is gelepts.

Words near gelept in the dictionary

  1. gelee
  2. gelees
  3. Gelendzhik
  4. geleophysic
  5. Gelephu
  6. gelept
  7. Gelernt
  8. Gelernts
  9. geles
  10. Gelfand
  11. Gelfands

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