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ponor

ponor noun: a natural surface opening associated with karst.

Noun

ponor (plural ponors)

  1. A natural surface opening associated with karst.
    • As long as the total capacity q of the spring is smaller than the total capacity q₂ of the ponor, no flooding of the polje will occur.1981, Petar T. Milanović, Karst hydrogeology, page 168
    • The only permanent sea ponor in the world is the sea mill of Argostoli, located on Kefalonia Island in the Ionian Sea (Greece) (Glanz, 1965).2004, John Gunn, Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, page 1283

Proper noun capitalized: Ponor

Ponor

  1. A village and commune of Alba County, Romania.
  2. A village in Pui, Hunedoara County, Romania.

Examples of ponor in a sentence

  • Ponors are one of the symbol features of karst regions, and crucial features from a hydrogeological and geotechnical point of view.2004, Petar Milanovic, Water Resources Engineering in Karst, page 22:
  • The characteristic features of the ponors of glaciokarst mainly manifest in the fact that they were mostly formed in karstic depressions or in glacial erosional depressions.2018, Márton Veress, Glaciokarsts, page 203:

Forms of ponor

pluralponors

Origin of ponor

From Serbo-Croatian.

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ponor.

Questions about ponor

What does ponor mean?
Ponor means a natural surface opening associated with karst.
How do you use ponor in a sentence?
Ponors are one of the symbol features of karst regions, and crucial features from a hydrogeological and geotechnical point of view.
What part of speech is ponor?
Ponor can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ponor?
The plural of ponor is ponors.

Words near ponor in the dictionary

  1. Ponoka County
  2. Ponomarenko
  3. ponomarevite
  4. Ponong
  5. ponophobia
  6. ponor
  7. ponors
  8. Ponosakan
  9. PONR
  10. pons
  11. pons asinorum

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