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tipping elements

tipping elements is the plural of tipping element.

Meaning of tipping element

Noun

tipping element (plural tipping elements)

  1. Large-scale components of the Earth climate system that may pass a tipping point.
    • Accordingly, ice is a tipping element that responds abruptly to changes across this tipping point. Trespassing the tipping point for phase transition from ice to liquid water sets all the other tipping elements contained in the Arctic region in motion […]2011, Paul Wassmann, Arctic Tipping Points, Fundacion BBVA, →ISBN, page 17

Questions about tipping elements

What is tipping elements the plural of?
Tipping elements is the plural of tipping element.

Words near tipping elements in the dictionary

  1. tippiness
  2. tipping
  3. tipping back
  4. tipping down
  5. tipping element
  6. tipping elements
  7. tipping it down
  8. tipping off
  9. tipping one's hat
  10. tipping out
  11. tipping over

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