neritic
1neritic — NERÍTIC, Ă, neritici, ce, adj. 1. (În sintagma) Regiune (sau zonă) neritică = zonă a fundului mării situată în apropierea ţărmului continental, caracterizată prin adâncimi ale apei mai mici de 200 de metri. 2. Care provine din regiunea neritică… …
2neritic — eritic adj. Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacost; as, neritic fauna. [WordNet 1.5] …
3neritic — [nē rit′ik, nərit′ik] adj. [< Gr nēritēs, a sea snail (< Nereus, NEREUS) + IC] designating or of the ecological zone (neritic zone) of the continental shelf extending from low tide to a depth of c. 100 fathoms ( c. 180 m) …
4neritic — (adj.) 1891, from Ger. neritisch (Haeckel, 1890), perhaps from Nerita, a genus of molluscs …
5neritic — *aquatic, marine, oceanic, thalassic, pelagic, abyssal, lacustrine, fluvial, fluviatile …
6neritic — adjective 1. of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep neritic fauna neritic oil • Pertains to noun: ↑neritic zone 2. relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast… …
7Neritic zone — Marine habitats Sargassum seaweed drifting in the neritic zone provides food and shelter for small epipelagic fish Littoral zone …
8neritic zone — neritinė zona statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Jūros pakrantės sritis, esanti šelfe iki neritic zone200 m gylio (joje gausu įvairių organizmų, žuvų). atitikmenys: angl. neritic zone vok. neritische Zone, f rus. неритическая… …
9neritic zone — ▪ oceanography shallow marine environment extending from mean low water down to 200 metre (660 foot) depths, generally corresponding to the continental shelf. Neritic waters are penetrated by varying amounts of sunlight, which permits… …
10neritic — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, perhaps from New Latin Nerita, genus of marine snails Date: 1891 of, relating to, inhabiting, or constituting the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast …
