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Definition of Limnic
1. limnetic [adj] - See also: limnetic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limnic
Literary usage of Limnic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Face of the Earth: (Das Antlitz Der Erde) by Eduard Suess (1906)
"A correct conception of the facts long ago led Naumann to distinguish limnic and
paralic measures, namely those which indicate marshy surroundings and those ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1920)
"These display in full all the peculiarities of limnic beds, variations in thickness,
tendency to divide and to subdivide, frequent passage into shale and ..."
3. Formation of Coal Beds by John James Stevenson (1913)
"Interior or limnic basins frequently bear close resemblance to paralic or coastal
basins, so that distinction between the types becomes arbitrary in some ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... but that side by side with this there is a second fauna of marine character
to which Mr. Moore has given the name ' halo- limnic ' (oceano-lacustrine). ..."
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