EPILIMNION

Meaning of EPILIMNION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌe-pə-ˈlim-nē-ˌän, -nē-ən ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from epi- + Greek limnion, diminutive of limnē marshy lake — more at limnetic

Date: circa 1910

: the water layer overlying the thermocline of a lake

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

EPILIMNION — noun see: limnetic Date: circa 1910 the water layer overlying the thermocline of a lake
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EPILIMNION — ˌepəˈlimnēˌän, -ēən noun ( plural epilim·nia -ēə) Etymology: New Latin, from epi- + -limnion : the layer of water that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EPILIMNION — — epilimnetic /ep'euh lim net"ik/ , epilimnial , adj. /ep'euh lim"nee on', -euhn/ , n. , pl. epilimnia /-nee euh/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EPILIMNION — n. warm upper layer of water in a lake or reservoir that is circulated by the wind and generally uniform …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EPILIMNION — [ ˌɛpɪ'lɪmnɪən ] ■ noun ( plural epilimnia -nɪə ) the upper layer of water in a stratified lake. Compare …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EPILIMNION — [epi.lim.ni.on] n [NL, fr. epi- + Gk limnion, dim. of limne marshy lake--more at limnetic] (ca. 1910): the water layer …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EPILIMNION — n. (pl. epilimnia) the upper layer of water in a stratified lake. [EPI- + Gk limnion dimin. of limne lake]
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EPILIMNION — n. (pl. epilimnia) the upper layer of water in a stratified lake. [ EPI- + Gk limnion dimin. of limne …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EPILIMNION — n. (pl. epilimnia) the upper layer of water in a stratified lake. Etymology: EPI- + Gk limnion dimin. of limne …
Oxford English vocab
EPILIMNION — The warm upper layer of a body of water with thermal stratification, which extends down from the surface to the …
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EPILIMNION — эпилимнион
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EPILIMNION — эпилимнион
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EPILIMNION — эпилимнион
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EPILIMNION — эпилимнион
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EPILIMNION — эпилимнион
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EPILIMNION — эпилимнион
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EPILIMNION — n. Pronunciation: ˌ e-p ə - ' lim-n ē - ˌ än, -n ē - ə n Function: noun Etymology: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EPILIMNION (EP-UB-LIM-KNEE-ON) — The upper layer of water in a thermally stratified lake or reservoir. This layer consists of the warmest water and …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
STRATIFICATION — ˌstrad.əfə̇ˈkāshən, -ratə- noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin stratification-, stratificatio, from stratificatus (past participle of stratificare to stratify) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYPOLIMNION — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlimnēˌän, -ēən noun ( plural hypolim·nia -ēə) Etymology: New Latin, from hypo- + Greek limnion small lake, diminutive of limnē …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EPILIMNETIC — |epə|lim|ned.ik adjective also ep·i·lim·ni·al -mnēəl Etymology: New Latin epilimnion + English -etic or -al : of, relating to, or constituting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THERMOCLINE — — thermoclinal , adj. /therr"meuh kluyn'/ , n. a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HYPOLIMNION — [ ˌhʌɪpə(ʊ)'lɪmnɪən ] ■ noun ( plural hypolimnia -nɪə ) the lower layer of water in a stratified lake. Compare …
Concise Oxford English vocab
THERMOCLINE — (1) The region in a thermally stratified body of water which separates warmer oxygen-rich surface water from cold oxygen-poor deep …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
THERMAL STRATIFICATION — The vertical temperature stratification of a lake or reservoir which consists of: (a) the upper layer, or Epilimnion, in which …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
DIMICTIC LAKE (OR RESERVOIR) — A stratified lake or reservoir that experiences two periods of full mixing or (Fall and Spring) Overturns annually. The water …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
ЭПИЛИМНИОН — epilimnion
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ЭПИЛИМНИОН — epilimnion
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