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hydrothermal vent

hydrothermal vent noun: a hot spring, on the floor of the ocean, mostly along the central axes of the mid-ocean ridges, where heated fluids emerge from fissures in the Earth's crust.

Noun

hydrothermal vent (plural hydrothermal vents)

  1. a hot spring, on the floor of the ocean, mostly along the central axes of the mid-ocean ridges, where heated fluids emerge from fissures in the Earth's crust.
    • Everything fed from the heat and chemistry oozing from hydrothermal vents.2021, Richard Powers, Bewilderment, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 37

hydrothermal vent meaning in Tamil

hydrothermal vent in Tamil

ஆழிநீர் வெப்ப ஊற்று

Forms of hydrothermal vent

pluralhydrothermal vents

Questions about hydrothermal vent

What does hydrothermal vent mean?
Hydrothermal vent means a hot spring, on the floor of the ocean, mostly along the central axes of the mid-ocean ridges, where heated fluids emerge from fissures in the Earth's crust.
What is hydrothermal vent in Tamil?
Hydrothermal vent in Tamil is ஆழிநீர் வெப்ப ஊற்று. See Hydrothermal vent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydrothermal vent?
Hydrothermal vent is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrothermal vent?
The plural of hydrothermal vent is hydrothermal vents.

Words near hydrothermal vent in the dictionary

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

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