meromictic

meromictic

English

Etymology

Scientific neologism (1935), after holomictic. From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part, portion”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”).[1]

mero- +‎ mictic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɹ.əˈmɪk.tɪk/

Adjective

meromictic (not comparable)

1. (of a lake) Having layers of water that do not intermix.

Antonyms

• holomictic

Related terms

• meromicticity
• monomictic
• dimictic
• amictic
• polymictic

Translations

Having layers of water that do not intermix

Chinese: Mandarin: 不完全循環的(湖)／不完全循环的(湖), 不完全對流的(湖)／不完全对流的(湖)

References

1. Hakala, Anu (2004). "Meromixis as a part of lake evolution - observations and a revised classification of true meromictic lakes in Finland," Boreal Environmental Research Vol. 9, pp. 37-53.