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polymictic

polymictic adjective: having unstable thermal stratification.

Adjective

polymictic (not comparable)

  1. Having unstable thermal stratification

Origin of polymictic

From poly- + -mictic.

Questions about polymictic

What does polymictic mean?
Polymictic means having unstable thermal stratification.
What part of speech is polymictic?
Polymictic is an adjective.

Words near polymictic in the dictionary

  1. polymicrobially
  2. polymicrobic
  3. polymicrogyria
  4. polymicrogyric
  5. polymict
  6. polymictic
  7. polymicts
  8. polymignite
  9. polymignites
  10. polymignyte
  11. polymignytes

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