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karstify

karstify verb: to undergo karstification.

Verb

karstify (third-person singular simple present karstifies, present participle karstifying, simple past and past participle karstified)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo karstification.
  2. (transitive) To subject (something) to karstification.
    • In highly karstified aquifers, however, the contaminant transport may depend primarily on the karst conduit network rather than matrix hydraulic conductivity.2015 October 1, “Equivalent Porous Media (EPM) Simulation of Groundwater Hydraulics and Contaminant Transport in Karst Aquifers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of karstify

third-person singular presentkarstifies
present participlekarstifying
past participlekarstified
pastkarstified

Origin of karstify

From karst + -ify.

Words formed from karstify

Questions about karstify

What does karstify mean?
Karstify means to undergo karstification.
What part of speech is karstify?
Karstify is a verb.
What is the past tense of karstify?
The past tense of karstify is karstified.

Words near karstify in the dictionary

  1. karstifiable
  2. karstification
  3. karstifications
  4. karstified
  5. karstifies
  6. karstify
  7. karstifying
  8. karsting
  9. karstland
  10. karstlike
  11. karstological

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