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- Ancient Greek · derived fromσύμμικτος“miscellaneous, commingled, promiscuous”
- English todaysymmict
From Ancient Greek σύμμικτος (súmmiktos, “miscellaneous, commingled, promiscuous”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
symmict
Today it means: Describing a sedimentation unit that lacks structure and is composed of various-sized particles that are mixed to a greater extent in the lower section. Full definition →
Ancient Greek σύμμικτος