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Definition of Diatoms
1. diatom [n] - See also: diatom
Medical Definition of Diatoms
1. Microscopic unicellular algae. most are aquatic, being found in fresh, brackish, and salt water. Diatoms are noted for the symmetry and sculpturing of their siliceous cell walls. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diatoms
Literary usage of Diatoms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"MOVEMENTS OF diatoms AND OTHER MICROSCOPIC PLANTS. DANIEL D. JACKSON. ...
'The Movements of diatoms. The Microscope, August, 1890. ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"Preparing diatoms.*—Dr. BS Warren gives detailed directions for the preparation
of diatoms, especially for separating them from sand and broken species, ..."
3. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"The diatoms prefer cold water and in the winter they thrive luxuriantly in ...
During the summer, floating diatoms are not especially abundant in the lake ..."
4. Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory and Classroom by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt, Charles Herbert Clark, Mrs. Sophia M'Ilvaine (Bledsoe) Herrick, Asa Gray (1898)
"The diatoms occur as isolated cells, or connected in filaments. ... diatoms vary
in size from forms that require a high power of the microscope to ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1871)
"Some species of diatoms are so universal that they are found in every region of
the globe; others are local; but the same species does not inhabit both ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... includes the green algae only (excluding the diatoms and Char- ales), and
West's is confined to British freshwater algae (including the diatoms, ..."
7. The Microscopy of Drinking-water by George Chandler Whipple (1899)
"The succession of dandelions, buttercups, and goldenrod in our fields finds its
counterpart in the succession of the diatoms, the green algae, and the blue- ..."
8. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower (1891)
"Note the yellowish brown colour characteristic of diatoms, and observe carefully
that within the cell-wall there is a basis of colourless protoplasm, ..."
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