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Definition: Neritic |
NeriticAdjective1. Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast, as in "neritic fauna". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | Pertaining to the shallow seas; for accumulations of shells, but sometimes for the whole environment of deposition on the continental shelf. (references) |
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Crosswords: Neritic |
| Specialty definitions using "neritic": hemipelagic ♦ neritic zone. (references) |
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| "Neritic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Neritic" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "neritic": neritic zone. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
neritic zone | 16 |
neritic | 2 |
biome neritic | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "neritic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | neritisk sediment (neritic sediment), saerligt i den neritiske zone udviser benthos en tydelig vertikal inddeling (particularly in the neritic zone, shows distinct vertical zonation, the benthos), havet kan inddeles i den neritiske zone, som straekker sig fra kysten og ud til kanten af kontinentalsoklen, og i dybhavet eller det aabne hav (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | neritische zone (neritic zone), neritisch sediment (neritic sediment), vooral in de neritische zone laat het benthos duidelijk een verticale zonaire bouw zien (particularly in the neritic zone, shows distinct vertical zonation, the benthos), het totale zeegebied kan worden onderverdeeld in de neritische zone of het continentale plat en in het oceaangebied, diepzee, open zee of abyssaal milieu (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | neriittinen sedimentti (neritic sediment), sublitoraalinen sedimentti (neritic sediment), matalanmeren sedimentti (neritic sediment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sédiment néritique (neritic sediment), province néritique (neritic zone), plancton néritique (neritic plankton), la mer est divisée en zone néritique ou épipélagique ou littoral ou plate-forme continentale, et zone océanique ou haute-mer (the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), faune néritique (neritic fauna), c'est surtout dans la province néritique que le benthos accuse une zonation verticale très marquée (particularly in the neritic zone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | neritischer Bezirk (neritic zone), neretisches Sediment (neritic sediment), im allgemeinen unterscheidet man beim Meer zwei Hauptzonen: die neritische Zone oder den Kontinentalblock und die Tiefsee oder das offene Meer (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), Flachseesediment (neritic sediment), besonders in der neritischen Zone weist das Benthos eine deutlich vertikale Gliederung auf (particularly in the neritic zone, shows distinct vertical zonation, the benthos). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νηριτικό ίζημα (neritic sediment), η θάλασσα μπορεί να χωρισθεί στην αιγιαλίτιδα ή επιπελαγική ζώνη που εκτείνεται από τις ακτές μέχρι το όριο της υφαλοκρηπίδας σε βάθος 200 μ (the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), το βένθος,κυρίως στην αιγιαλίτιδα ζώνη,παρουσιάζει σαφή κάθετη στρωμάτωση (particularly in the neritic zone, shows distinct vertical zonation, the benthos). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zona neritica (neritic zone), si suddivide il mare in zona neritica, o zoccolo continentale, e zona oceanica, o di mare aperto (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), sedimento neritico (neritic sediment), il bentos, specialmente nella zona neritica, presenta notevole zonazione verticale (particularly in the neritic zone, shows distinct vertical zonation, the benthos). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eriticnay sedimentos neríticos (neritic sediment), o mar pode ser dividido em zona nerítica,que se estende até ao rebordo da plataforma continental a uma profundidade acima dos 200 metros,e zona oceânica ou alto-mar (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), o bentos,particularmente na zona nerítica,apresenta uma zonação vertical bastante evidente (particularly in the neritic zone, shows distinct vertical zonation, the benthos). (various references) sedimento nerítico (neritic sediment), el mar se divide en zona nerítica o epipelágica o litoral o plataforma continental y zona oceánica o de alta mar (and the oceanic zone embracing the remaining offshore waters, extending offshore to the edge of the continental shelf or platform to a depth of over 200 m, the sea can be divided into the neritic zone), el bentos muestra, en particular, en la zona nerítica, una zonación vertical marcada (particularly in the neritic zone, shows distinct vertical zonation, the benthos). (various references) neritiskt sediment (neritic sediment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "neritic" (pronounced neri"tik) |
| 5 | -er i" t i k | porphyritic. |
| 4 | -i" t i k | analytic, arthritic, catalytic, critic, dendritic, electrolytic, granitic, halophytic, hemolytic, hermaphroditic, paralytic, parasitic, psychoanalytic, thrombolytic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, artistic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, cosmetic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, democratic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, elastic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, gymnastic, hectic, hedonistic, hepatic, heretic, holistic, homeostatic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paramagnetic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, poetic, polytheistic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synergistic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: citrine, crinite, inciter. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: citrin, cretin, incite, irenic, nitric, tinier. | |
-2 letters: citer, icier, inert, inter, nicer, niter, nitre, recti, ricin, trice, trine. | |
-3 letters: cent, cine, cire, cite, etic, inti, nice, nite, rein, rent, rice, rite, tern, tier, tine, tire. | |
-4 letters: ern, ice, ire, net, nit, rec, rei, ret, rin, ten, tic, tie, tin. | |
-5 letters: en, er, et, in, it, ne, re, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: citrines, crinites, inciters, indicter, indirect, neuritic, reciting, reincite, reindict. | |
+2 letters: anticrime, carnitine, chintzier, circinate, citizenry, crediting, cretinism, criminate, criterion, dendritic, dicentric, directing, direction, extrinsic, indicters, inflicter, intercity, interdict, intricate, nephritic, neuritics, nitpicker, recipient, reincited, reincites, reindicts, reliction, sincerity, trichinae, tricotine. | |
+3 letters: acierating, anticaries, antierotic, antiheroic, carnitines, centiliter, centricity, certifying, chittering, citrulline, concertini, creatinine, cretinisms, cricketing, criminated, criminates, crinkliest, criterions, dentifrice, dicentrics, directions, discretion, distincter, fictioneer, iatrogenic, incinerate, indirectly, indiscreet, inflicters, insecurity, interchain, interdicts, interionic, interstice, intragenic, iridescent, isentropic, itinerancy, ivermectin, nitpickers, nitpickier, percipient, precipitin, predicting, prediction, prenticing, proficient, receipting, recipients, recitation, recruiting, rectifying, reinciting, reindicted, relictions, sanctifier, scrutinies, scrutinise, scrutinize, tenebrific, thermionic, trichinize, trickiness, tricotines, trisecting, trisection, tyrocidine, ventriculi, voiceprint. | |
+4 letters: accipitrine, accrediting, ancientries, antipyretic, bacteriocin, bacterizing, brecciating, brecciation, cabinetries, carminative, carnalities, cartelising, cartelizing, cauterizing, centiliters, certainties, christening, circinately, citizenries, citrullines, clarinetist, cloistering, codirecting, codirection, cointerring, colinearity, conditioner, condottieri, congruities, corecipient, countrified, creatinines, creationism, creationist, crepitating, crepitation, dentifrices, dereliction, description, directional, discretions, doctrinaire, electrician, eradicating, eradication, eroticizing, excoriating, excoriation, extricating, extrication, fibronectin, fictioneers, flichtering, freneticism, goitrogenic, goniometric, imprecating, imprecation, incertitude, incinerated, incinerates, incinerator, incredulity, incriminate, indirection, inheritance, inscriptive, insectaries, insectivore, insincerity, instructive, interacting, interaction, interactive, interatomic, interceding, interchains, interdicted, interdictor, interethnic, interfacial, interfacing, interlacing, internecine, internuncio, interoffice, interracial, interstices, intervallic, intrenching, intricacies, intricately, ivermectins, manneristic, martensitic, metrication, metricizing, microinject, miscreating, miscreation, misstricken, modernistic, natriuretic, necrotizing, neuroticism, percipients, pertinacity, planimetric, precipitant, precipitins, predicating, predication, predictions, princeliest, proficients, pyroxenitic, rancidities, ratiocinate, readdicting, recitations, recognition, recondition, recriminate, rectilinear, redirecting, redirection, reification, reindicting, reinducting, reinfecting, reinfection, reinjecting, reinjection, reminiscent, renitencies, replicating, replication, restitching, restricting, restriction, reticencies, reviviscent, rhetorician, ricocheting, rodenticide, romanticise, romanticize, sanctifiers, scrutinised, scrutinises, scrutinized, scrutinizer, scrutinizes, sincerities, sphincteric, stridencies, stringpiece, synergistic, thermionics, trichinized, trichinizes, trichinoses, tricksiness, trisections, tumorigenic, tyrannicide, tyrocidines, uncertified, unclarities, unrealistic, vincristine, viniculture, viridescent, voiceprints. | |
+5 letters: accipitrines, acetonitrile, actinometric, anticlerical, anticreative, antientropic, antihysteric, antiparticle, antiperiodic, antipiracies, antipyretics, appreciating, appreciation, apprenticing, ascertaining, bacteriocins, bioenergetic, biometrician, brecciations, bronchitises, carminatives, categorising, categorizing, centralising, centralistic, centralities, centralizing, centricities, centrifuging, chitterlings, chlorinities, christenings, chronicities, clairaudient, clarinetists, clarinettist, codirections, collinearity, concertizing, concretizing, conditioners, conformities, consistories, constrictive, containerise, containerize, contrariwise, contributive, coordinative, corecipients, craniotomies, creationisms, creationists, creolization, crepitations, criticalness, decertifying, depreciating, depreciation, deracinating, deracination, derelictions, descriptions, dictionaries, discrediting, discriminate, doctrinaires, dominatrices, eccentricity, electricians, electrifying, enantiomeric, endocarditis, eradications, eviscerating, evisceration, excoriations, excruciating, excruciation, excursionist, exercitation, extrications, fibronectins, freneticisms, frictionless, frontispiece, gastrocnemii, geometrician, geriatrician, heliocentric, hierophantic, hydrokinetic, hyperkinetic, iconolatries, impercipient, imperfection, impertinence, impertinency, importancies, imprecations, inarticulate, incertitudes, incinerating, incineration, incinerators, inclinometer, incorporeity, incrementing, incriminated, incriminates, indirections, indirectness, indiscreetly, indiscretion, indoctrinate, inextricable, inextricably, inheritances, inheritrices, insectivores, insecurities, insurrection, interactions, interallelic, intercepting, interception, intercession, interchained, intercutting, interdicting, interdiction, interdictive, interdictors, interdictory, interfacings, intergeneric, interglacial, interjecting, interjection, interlocking, intermediacy, intermitotic, internuncial, internuncios, interoceanic, interpsychic, intersecting, intersection, interservice, intersociety, interspacing, interspecies, intervocalic, intraspecies, introjecting, introjection, inveteracies, iridescently, itinerancies, karyokinetic, lectionaries, mercantilism, mercantilist, metrications, microinjects, microtechnic, minicomputer, miscreations, misdirecting, misdirection, natriuretics, neorealistic, neuroticisms, neutralistic, neutrophilic, noncertified, nondirective, nonrealistic, obstetrician, organicities, overexciting, pancreatitis, pediatrician, percipiently, periodontics, pertinacious, pertinencies, petrifaction, practitioner, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitants, precisionist, precognition, precognitive, precondition, predications, predilection, preinduction, prescription, proficiently, pyrogenicity, racemization, ratiocinated, ratiocinates, reactivating, reactivation, receptionist, recertifying, recognitions, recommitting, reconditions, reconvicting, reconviction, recriminated, recriminates, rededicating, rededication, redirections, reductionism, reductionist, reifications, reindictment, reinfections, reinjections, reinspecting, reinspection, renunciation, renunciative, replications, restrictions, reticulating, reticulation, retrodicting, retrodiction, reunionistic, revictualing, rhetoricians, ricochetting, rodenticides, romanticised, romanticises, romanticized, romanticizes, scrutinizers, sectarianism, sectarianize, securitizing, sidetracking, stringencies, stringpieces, syncretising, syncretistic, syncretizing, tensiometric, theoretician, transiencies, tredecillion, trickinesses, trickishness, tyrannicides, verification, vincristines, vinicultures, vociferating, vociferation, zwitterionic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 72 69 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . .-. .. - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e r i t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0072 0069 0074 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48718475867569 |
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