SUBCLIMAX


Meaning of SUBCLIMAX in English

/sub kluy"maks/ , n. Ecol.

the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.

[ 1930-35; SUB- + CLIMAX ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .