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PRONUNCIATION OF PSAMMON

psammon  [ˈsæməʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSAMMON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Psammon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PSAMMON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Psammon

Psammon is a group of organisms inhabiting coastal sand moist — biota buried in sediments. Psammon is a part of water fauna, along with periphyton, plankton, nekton, and benthos. Psammon is also sometimes considered a part of benthos due to its near-bottom distribution. Psammon term is commonly used to refer to freshwater reservoirs such as lakes.

Definition of psammon in the English dictionary

The definition of psammon in the dictionary is the community of microscopic life forms living between grains of sand on shores.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSAMMON


allomone
ˈæləˌməʊn
bemoan
bɪˈməʊn
gamone
ˈɡæməʊn
hormone
ˈhɔːməʊn
kairomone
ˈkaɪrəˌməʊn
moan
məʊn
Mon
məʊn
mown
məʊn
neurohormone
ˈnjʊərəʊˌhɔːməʊn
new-mown
ˌnjuːˈməʊn
parathormone
ˌpærəˈθɔːməʊn
pheromone
ˈfɛrəˌməʊn
phytohormone
ˌfaɪtəʊˈhɔːməʊn
unmown
ʌnˈməʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSAMMON

psalmodies
psalmodise
psalmodist
psalmodize
psalmody
Psalms
Psalter
psalteria
psalterian
psalteries
psalterium
psaltery
psaltress
psammite
psammitic
psammophil
psammophile
psammophilous
psammophyte
psammophytic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSAMMON

Ammon
backgammon
common
discommon
gammon
Greenham Common
in common
Japanese persimmon
mammon
persimmon
Rabbath Ammon
resummon
Roscommon
summon
tenant in common
uncommon

Synonyms and antonyms of psammon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «psammon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PSAMMON

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

Translator English - Chinese

psammon
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

psammon
570 millions of speakers

English

psammon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

psammon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

psammon
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

psammon
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

psammon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

psammon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

psammon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Psammon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

psammon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

psammon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

psammon
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jebule
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

psammon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

psammon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Psammon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

psammon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

psammon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

psammon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

psammon
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

psammon
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

psammon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

psammon
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

psammon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

psammon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of psammon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PSAMMON»

The term «psammon» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PSAMMON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «psammon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «psammon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSAMMON»

Discover the use of psammon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to psammon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sources for Alexander the Great: An Analysis of Plutarch's ...
Before he did so, Plutarch introduced a legomenon: A is said to have listened to Psammon in Egypt, the philosopher, and to have accepted this particularly of his utterances, that all men are subject to the kingship of god, since the ruling and ...
N. G. L. Hammond, 2007
2
Rotifera IX
Rotifer species in the psammon of lakes Jeleri. Rekowskie. Pomysko. Poland Jeleri Rekowskie Pomysko Brycello tenella (Bryce) Cephalodellu catellinu (Miill.) + C. gibba (Elttb.) + C. gracilis (Ehrb.) + C. ventripes (Dix.-Nutt.) Colurella acdriaiica ...
La-orsri Sanoamuang, Hendrik Segers, Russell J. Shiel, 2001
3
The Natural History of Biospeleology
1957 I _ psammon of the freshwater = limmnopsammon Phreatopsamrnnon % I psammon of the litoral water Eupsammon CHAPPUIS, 1946 I , _ ' Hyporherque water (orghrdan, 1953) Aqua iporheica (Ruffo. 1961) (= milieu interstitielle ...
Ana Isabel Camacho, 1992
4
Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy
*Tfilicaudata de Man, 1880 H Europe, Siberia, Asia, North America (soil, moss, sub— terranean water, psammon, lakes, brooks). * T. glomerans Bastian, 1865: syn. Trijyla papillata Butschli, 1873; T. papillata crystallyfera Micoletzky, 1922; ...
Eyualem Abebe, István Andrássy, Walter Traunspurger, 2006
5
Elsevier's Dictionary of Geography: in English, Russian, ...
... adj s próximo adj g proximal adj 4808 psammon Organisms inhabiting moist sand near water edge. r псаммон Организмы, обитающие во влажном песке вблизи уреза воды. f psammon m s psammon m g Psammon n 4809 psammophile ...
Vladimir Kotlyakov, Anna Komarova, 2006
6
Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae ...
57); psammon of Kandalakshskij Bay, White Sea (Burkovsky 1970, p. 11; 1970a, p. 56; 1970b, p. 190); psammon of Ussuri Gulf, Japan Sea (Raikov 1963, p. 1757; Raikov & Kovaleva 1968, p. 331); benthal of the Laguna de La Mancha and ...
Helmut Berger, 2008
7
The Unity of Mankind in Greek Thought
The account concludes thus: He is also said to have listened to the philosopher Psammon in Egypt, and to have agreed especially with his saying that all men are under the kingship of God, since the ruling and dominant element in each ...
H. C. Baldry, 1965
8
Between Magic and Religion: Interdisciplinary Studies in ...
In the story of the prophet Psammon that follows, which Plutarch also seems to have invented as a demonstration of Alexander's equanimity,26 the reference to Alexander's belief in his own divinity is vague, seemingly based on the ...
Sulochana Ruth Asirvatham, Corinne Ondine Pache, John Watrous, 2001
9
Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater ...
For example, a total of 110 species were found in the psammon of beaches of 18 lakes in Poland, a value that represented 26% of all species recorded from Polish waters[84]. This community included 22 species that occurred exclusively in ...
James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich, 2010
10
Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria
Chardez, D., 1972. Etude sur les thécamoebiens des biotopes interstitiels, psammon littoraux et zones marginales souterraines des eaux douces. Bulletin des Recherches agronomiques de Gembloux, N.S., 6(3/4):257–268. Chardez, D., 1977.
Victor Fet, Alexi Popov, 2007

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSAMMON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term psammon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Leben in der Sandlücke
Mesopsammon heißt das Sandlückensystem, nach den griechischen Wörtern Meso=Zwischen und Psammon=Sand. Seine Bewohner müssen einiges ... «Daserste, Aug 14»
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"어원 찾아 단어 분석" 영어 왕의 비결
지난달 31일(현지 시간) 미국 워싱턴 D.C.에서 펼쳐진 이 대회 결승에서 캘리포니아 주 대표로 나선 스니따 양은 'psammon'(모래땅 생물), 'ajimez'(아치형의 쌍둥이 ... «소년한국일보, Jun 12»
3
Spelling Bee Retro Blog!
Jacques says hello. She looks very confident. Her word is psammon, an ecological community, and she knows right away that the Greek root means “sand. «Grantland, Jun 12»
4
Garota acerta a soletração de 13 palavras e vence concurso nos EUA
... que participou da edição de 2011 e ficou no 27º lugar, soletrou corretamente 13 palavras: ringent, lahar, stochastically, compas, rhonchus, psammon, ajimez, ... «Globo.com, Jun 12»
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National Spelling Bee (Live blog)
psammon. ajimez. luteovirescent. saccharolytic. admittatur. arrondissement. And the winning word: guetapens. Asked what she was going to do with the $30,000 ... «Washington Post, May 12»
6
Penasquitos teen wins National Spelling Bee
In the finals, Snigdha correctly spelled psammon, which refers to a group of microorganisms that live in water; ajimez, a word for an Arabic type of twin window; ... «Pomerado Newspaper Group, May 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Psammon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/psammon>. Apr 2024 ».
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