"epithermal" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more epithermal [comparative], most epithermal [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English epi- English thermal English epithermal From epi- + thermal. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|epi-|thermal|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English epi- English thermal English epithermal From epi- + thermal. Head templates: {{en-adj}} epithermal (comparative more epithermal, superlative most epithermal)
  1. (geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
    Sense id: en-epithermal-en-adj-v1oSJx~o Categories (other): Geology Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. (physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
    Sense id: en-epithermal-en-adj-7-e7jvj7 Categories (other): Physics, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with epi-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with epi-: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 28 72 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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