"metalimnion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: metalimnions [plural], metalimnia [plural]
Etymology: meta- + Ancient Greek λίμνιον (límnion), diminutive of λίμνη (límnē, “lake”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|}} meta- +, {{uder|en|grc|λίμνιον}} Ancient Greek λίμνιον (límnion) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|metalimnia}} metalimnion (plural metalimnions or metalimnia)
  1. (in lakes) A thermocline. Derived forms: metalimnetic

Inflected forms

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