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monomictic

monomictic adjective: having layers of water that intermix only once per year.

Adjective

monomictic (not comparable)

  1. Having layers of water that intermix only once per year.

Origin of monomictic

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, single”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”). By surface analysis, mono- + -mictic.

Questions about monomictic

What does monomictic mean?
Monomictic means having layers of water that intermix only once per year.
What part of speech is monomictic?
Monomictic is an adjective.

Words near monomictic in the dictionary

  1. monomially
  2. monomials
  3. monomicrobial
  4. monomicrobic
  5. monomict
  6. monomictic
  7. monomineral
  8. monomineralic
  9. monomino
  10. monominoes
  11. monomiracidial

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