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Meaning of permafrost | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈpɝməˌfɹɔst/

Definitions

Permanently frozen ground, or a specific layer thereof.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Nevertheless, the water molecule is present, as ice, in a solid form in frozen soils or permafrosts, which cover large regions characterised by a polar climate.”
“In agreement with our overall trends within the permafrost samples, lower nirK and nirS and higher nosZ diversity have been identified in cryoturbated peat vs. unturbated peat soils (Palmer and Horn, 2012 ).”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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