HYPOLIMNION


Meaning of HYPOLIMNION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhī-pō-ˈlim-nē-ˌän, -nē-ən ]

noun

( plural hy·po·lim·nia -nē-ə)

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

Date: 1910

: the part of a lake below the thermocline made up of water that is stagnant and of essentially uniform temperature except during the period of overturn

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