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mesocosms

mesocosms is the plural of mesocosm.

Meaning of mesocosm

Noun

mesocosm (plural mesocosms)

  1. Any system larger than a microcosm but smaller than a macrocosm, especially when used as an outdoor experimental system that examines the natural environment under controlled conditions.
    • Researchers from the University of Queensland were building an elaborate Plexiglas mesocosm that was going to allow them to manipulate CO₂ levels on a patch of reef, even as it allowed the various creatures that depend on the reef to swim in and out.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 7, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company

Questions about mesocosms

What is mesocosms the plural of?
Mesocosms is the plural of mesocosm.

Words near mesocosms in the dictionary

  1. mesocorticolimbic
  2. mesocorticolimbic circuit
  3. mesocorticolimbic circuits
  4. mesocorticostriatal
  5. mesocosm
  6. mesocosms
  7. mesocotyl
  8. mesocotylar
  9. mesocotyls
  10. mesocoxa
  11. mesocoxae

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