meromixis means A circumstance where a body of water does not fully mix and circulate, causing stratification. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- A circumstance where a body of water does not fully mix and circulate, causing stratification.“On the other hand, at least in a really deep tropical lake it is supposed that once thermal stratifiction is established it will be so quickly stabilized by chemical products of the lake's metabolism that meromixis will ordinarily ensue.”