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hydrothermal

hydrothermal adjective: of, or relating to hot water.

Adjective

hydrothermal (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to hot water.
  2. Of or relating to emanations of hot water that are rich in minerals, or to the rocks formed from them.

Examples of hydrothermal in a sentence

  • Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.
  • Everything fed from the heat and chemistry oozing from hydrothermal vents.
  • We saw many other striking manifestations of hydrothermal activity in the Himalayan geothermal belt.

All 14 example sentences with hydrothermal

Origin of hydrothermal

From hydro- + thermal.

Words formed from hydrothermal

Phrases with hydrothermal

Questions about hydrothermal

What does hydrothermal mean?
Hydrothermal means of, or relating to hot water.
What part of speech is hydrothermal?
Hydrothermal is an adjective.

Words near hydrothermal in the dictionary

  1. hydrotherapia
  2. hydrotherapies
  3. hydrotherapist
  4. hydrotherapists
  5. hydrotherapy
  6. hydrothermal
  7. hydrothermal vent
  8. hydrothermal vents
  9. hydrothermalism
  10. hydrothermally
  11. hydrothermic

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