Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oligotrophication

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: olig-otroph-i-ca-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Modification of an environment to make it oligotrophic

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In LH-6-13, an up-core decrease in rates of accumulation for several sediment variables indicates time-course oligotrophication of the lake through the Holocene."

Etymology

From oligotrophic + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: oligotrophic

Usage

Inflected Forms

oligotrophications (plural)

Derived Forms

reoligotrophication

Questions

What does oligotrophication mean?: Modification of an environment to make it oligotrophic
Where does oligotrophication come from?: From oligotrophic + -ation.

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