"hypolimnion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hypolimnia [plural]
Etymology: From hypo- + -limnion. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hypo-|-limnion}} hypo- + -limnion Head templates: {{en-noun|hypolimnia}} hypolimnion (plural hypolimnia)
  1. (geography) The perpetually cold layer of water that lies beneath the thermocline of a thermally stratified lake. Wikipedia link: hypolimnion Categories (topical): Geography Derived forms: hypolimnetic, hypolimnial, hypolimnic Translations (cold layer of water): alusvesi (Estonian), hüpolimnion (Estonian), alusvesi (Finnish), hypolimnion (Finnish), hypolimnion [masculine] (French), underskikt [neuter] (Swedish), hypolimnion (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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