Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seston

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: ses-ton
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

All particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Depending on mesh size and the area of investigation, net samples contain a variable mixture called seston. […] Nowadays plankton stands for the living part of seston, detritus for dead organic and inorganic particles."

Etymology

From German Seston, by surface analysis, Ancient Greek σηστός (sēstós, “sifter”, verbal adjective of σήθω (sḗthō, “I strain, filter”)) + -on. Compare plankton.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Seston

Usage

Inflected Forms

sestons (plural)

Derived Forms

bioseston sestonic

Questions

What does seston mean?: All particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material.
Where does seston come from?: It is traced to German.

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