monomicticadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈmɪktɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmɑnəˈmɪktɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: mono- comb. form, Greek μικτός , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < mono- comb. form + ancient Greek μικτός (see mictic adj.) + -ic suffix, probably after holomictic adj. at holo- comb. form , meromictic adj. Compare amictic adj., oligomictic adj., polymictic adj.

Limnology.

Of a lake: having only one seasonal period of free circulation each year.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > [adjective] > circulation

allotrophic1927

autotrophic1927

holomictic1937

meromictic1937

monomictic1956

1956 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 42 84 For the three categories of Forel's classification [sc. polar, temperate, and tropical] the terms cold monomictic, dimictic, and warm monomictic have been used by one of us [sc. G. E. Hutchinson]..in a forthcoming extensive work on limnology.

1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. vii. 438 It is..proposed to use the term dimictic for any lake circulating twice a year; warm monomictic will be employed as a substitute for tropical, implying winter circulation above 4°C; and cold monomictic as a substitute for polar, implying summer circulation below 4°C.

1978 Nature 10 Aug. 549/1 Loch Lomond, a warm monomictic lake, is divided into three basins: northern, central and southern.

1990 Sedimentology 37 967 Both lakes are saline and alkaline; West Basin Lake is meromictic whereas East Basin is a warm monomictic lake.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monomictic
释义	monomicticadj. Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈmɪktɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈmɪktɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: mono- comb. form, Greek μικτός , -ic suffix. Etymology: < mono- comb. form + ancient Greek μικτός (see mictic adj.) + -ic suffix, probably after holomictic adj. at holo- comb. form , meromictic adj. Compare amictic adj., oligomictic adj., polymictic adj. Limnology. Of a lake: having only one seasonal period of free circulation each year. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > [adjective] > circulation allotrophic1927 autotrophic1927 holomictic1937 meromictic1937 monomictic1956 1956 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 42 84 For the three categories of Forel's classification [sc. polar, temperate, and tropical] the terms cold monomictic, dimictic, and warm monomictic have been used by one of us [sc. G. E. Hutchinson]..in a forthcoming extensive work on limnology. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. vii. 438 It is..proposed to use the term dimictic for any lake circulating twice a year; warm monomictic will be employed as a substitute for tropical, implying winter circulation above 4°C; and cold monomictic as a substitute for polar, implying summer circulation below 4°C. 1978 Nature 10 Aug. 549/1 Loch Lomond, a warm monomictic lake, is divided into three basins: northern, central and southern. 1990 Sedimentology 37 967 Both lakes are saline and alkaline; West Basin Lake is meromictic whereas East Basin is a warm monomictic lake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1956
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