Definition of Submergences

1. Noun. (plural of submergence) ¹

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Definition of Submergences

1. submergence [n] - See also: submergence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Submergences

submeeting
submeetings
submembranous
submen
submeningeal
submenta
submental
submentoplasty
submentum
submenu
submenus
submerge
submergeable
submerged
submergence
submergences (current term)
submerges
submergible
submerging
submerse
submersed
submerses
submersible
submersible warship
submersibles
submersing
submersion
submersions
submesoscale
submesoscales

Literary usage of Submergences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Discussions on Climate and Cosmology by James Croll (1886)
"—Objection as to the Number of submergences.—Interglacial Periods less strongly marked in Temperate Regions than Glacial. II. ..."

2. How the Great Prevailing Winds and Ocean Currents are Produced, and how They by Charles Austin Mendell Taber (1882)
"... latitudes great ice periods, and intervening eras of mild weather ; and also during such periods causing submergences and uprisings of extensive lands. ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1887)
"On the other hand the internal plains of America and Europe were often submerged. Such submergences are indicated by the great limestones of the ..."

4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1887)
"Such submergences are indicated by the great limestones of the Palaeozoic, by the chalk and its representative beds in the Cretaceous, ..."

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