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PRONUNCIATION OF LIMNIC

limnic  [ˈlɪmnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIMNIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Limnic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LIMNIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

limnic

Fresh water

Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water although it does include mineral-rich waters such as chalybeate springs. The term "sweet water" has been used to describe fresh water in contrast to salt water. The term fresh water does not have the same meaning as potable water. Much surface fresh water and some ground water are unsuitable for drinking without some form of purification because of the presence of chemical or biological contaminants...

Definition of limnic in the English dictionary

The definition of limnic in the dictionary is relating to bodies of water with low salt concentration, such as lakes and ponds.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIMNIC


amnic
ˈæmnɪk
chronic
ˈkrɒnɪk
clinic
ˈklɪnɪk
Dominic
ˈdɒmɪnɪk
electronic
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk
ethnic
ˈɛθnɪk
gymnic
ˈdʒɪmnɪk
Hispanic
hɪˈspænɪk
hymnic
ˈhɪmnɪk
iconic
aɪˈkɒnɪk
mechanic
mɪˈkænɪk
Munich
ˈmjuːnɪk
nick
nɪk
organic
ɔːˈɡænɪk
panic
ˈpænɪk
picnic
ˈpɪknɪk
scenic
ˈsiːnɪk
sonic
ˈsɒnɪk
titanic
taɪˈtænɪk
tonic
ˈtɒnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIMNIC

limitlessly
limitlessness
limitrophe
limits
limivorous
limma
limmer
limn
limner
limnetic
limnologic
limnological
limnologically
limnologist
limnology
limnophilous
limo
Limoges
limonene
limonite

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIMNIC

androgenic
bionic
botanic
demonic
embryonic
harmonic
hydroponic
inorganic
ionic
irenic
ironic
manic
oceanic
supersonic
symphonic
technic
Tiptronic
tunic
ultrasonic
volcanic

Synonyms and antonyms of limnic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «limnic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIMNIC

Find out the translation of limnic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of limnic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «limnic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

湖沼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

límnica
570 millions of speakers

English

limnic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

limnic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

limnic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

озерными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

limnic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

limnic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

limnique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Limnic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

limnischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

淡水湖沼の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

limnic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Limnik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

limnic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

limnik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

limnici
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

limnic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

озерними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lacustre
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

limnic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

limnic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

limniska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

limniske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of limnic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIMNIC»

The term «limnic» is normally little used and occupies the 145.738 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIMNIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about limnic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIMNIC»

Discover the use of limnic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to limnic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Limnic Eruption
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
2
Compte rendu
INFLUENCE OP WATER DEPTH ON THE ALTERATION PROCESSES OP CINERITES IN THE SEDIMENTARY BASIN-IMPORTANCE OF PEDOGENESlS* A. BOUROZI D. A. SPEARS1 Conditions of deposition in limnic and paralic coal ...
‎1985
3
Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment
Bosnia-Hercegovina; Italy Interstitial of river alluvia; caves France Well Salinity tolerance ranges: Limnic: <0.5%; Oligohaline: 0.5–5%; Polyhaline: 18–30%; Hyperhaline: >40% In brackets, number of genera. No records of these groups.
E. V. Balian, C. Lévêque, H. Segers, 2008
4
Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 2010
The second is three types of limnic materials — coprogenous earth, diatomaceous earth, and marl, defined in chapter 3. The third is mineral layers of Terric subgroups. The key to mineralogy classes for these mineral layers is the same as that ...
Agriculture Dept (U S ), Estats Units d'Amèrica. Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2010
5
Age Determination of Young Rocks and Artifacts: Physical and ...
Alluvial fans with stabilized geomorphic surfaces (ka-Ma) are datable with the cosmogenic nuclides 10Be and 26Al (Sects. 5.3 and 5.6, respectively). 2.5.6 Limnic Sediments Lake sediments belong to the most important climatic indicators of ...
Günther A. Wagner, 1998
6
Aspects of Ecology and Zoogeography of Recent and Fossil ...
The limnic species Candona ? balatonica and Cypridopsis okeechobei for example, are limited by this boundary. Cyprideis salebrosa seems to tolerate the higher salinity and cannot be called a limnic species at this time (Van den Bold 1963).
H. Löffler, D. Danielopol, 1977
7
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
-iOcm 10 12 14 16 18 Fig. 7 Cores from Lake Benmore (LI030 left, L1042 right; station positions shown in Fig. 6). Pale limnic clays overlay prefill soils. was recovered with 6 cm of clay overlying prelake silty soil. The clay was unstratified.
8
Modern Concepts of Security
Limnic eruptions Also referred to as a 'lake overturn', a limnic eruption is a rare type of natural disaster in which CO2 suddenly erupts from deep lake water, posing the threat of suffocation to wildlife, livestock and humans. Such an eruption ...
James Ohwofasa Akpeninor, 2013
9
The Lakes Handbook: Lake Restoration and Rehabilitation
Table 8.5 also gives data on limnic density and ratio (sensu Meybeck 1995), where limnic density is the number of lakes per million square kilometre of region considered, and limnic ratio the total lake area as a percentage of the total area of ...
Patrick O'Sullivan, C. S. Reynolds, 2008
10
Pleistocene Palaeoecology of Central Norfolk: A Study of ...
Bed B Limnic sediments: silts and marls. Overlying Bed A gravels and sands in sections DD and TT (figures 8, 9 and 10) are limnic sediments. The stratigraphy of the limnic sediments in DD and TT differs, implying two basins of deposition ...
R. G. West, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIMNIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term limnic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How Did the Deadliest Lake in the World Kill 1746 People in One …
It is known as a Limnic Eruption, which caused the lake to explode and trigger a small tsunami. lake nyos 2. This wasn't the worst of it. «First to Know, Jul 15»
2
The first African large scale methane gas extraction project in Rwanda
... two concrete tragedy cases have already happened in Cameroon in 1984, Lake Monoun exploded in a limnic eruption, which resulted in the ... «Cleanleap, Jul 15»
3
12 really cool random things about planet Earth
The magma below releases carbon dioxide into the lakes, and the gas can escape to form a limnic eruption, potentially killing everything ... «Treehugger, Apr 15»
4
Lake Kivu's Great Gas Gamble
Also known as a limnic eruption, an overturn can occur if the pressure of the gases in a lake exceeds the pressure of the water at a given depth, ... «MIT Technology Review, Apr 15»
5
After years of war, Goma, DRC, is open for business
... release, known as a limnic eruption — a lava flow interacting with the lake's gas-rich deep waters could trigger such an event much sooner. «Al Jazeera America, Feb 15»
6
The killer lake: how an exploding lake became a gold mine for …
... Sigurdsson and his colleagues concluded that the deaths were a result of a limnic eruption, also known as lake overturn or lake explosion. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
7
How Cameroon's exploding “killer lakes” claimed over 1700 lives
The lake experienced what is known as a limnic eruption. Lake Nyos is not the only body of water in the region to carry properties that lead ... «Inhabitat, Jan 15»
8
Beer-Bottle Physics Could Help Explain Deadly Eruptions
The research could also help explain natural disasters called limnic eruptions, the researchers said. In these rare events, dissolved carbon ... «Live Science, Nov 14»
9
1Kite Study Reveals Origins of Insects and Perhaps Our Origins Too
"Unraveling the evolution of insects is essential for understanding how life in terrestrial and limnic environments evolved." Sponsored From ... «Science Times, Nov 14»
10
36 feared dead and more injured in Mount Ontake's explosion of ash …
An extremely rare phenomenon, limnic eruptions occur when carbon dioxide erupts from lake water at such high concentrations the ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»

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