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Definition of Polynya

1. Noun. A stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas).

Definition of Polynya

1. an area of open water surrounded by sea ice [n -YAS or -YI]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polynya

polynuclear polynucleolar polynucleosis polynucleotidases polynucleotide polynucleotide polynucleotides polynucleotide 5'-hydroxyl-kinase polynucleotide 5'-phosphatase polynucleotide adenylyltransferase

polynucleotide ligases polynucleotide methylases polynucleotide methyltransferases polynucleotide phosphorylase polynucleotide thioltransferases polynya (current term) polynyas polynyi Polyodon polyodontia

Polyodontidae Polyodon spathula polyoestrous polyoicous polyol polyol polyolefin polyolefins polyols polyol pathway

Literary usage of Polynya

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the U. S. Geological Survey Global Change Research Forum edited by John A. Kelmelis, Mitchell Snow (1994)
"Arctic Ocean Winter polynya Zones During 1978-87 WJ Campbell, Water Resources Division, US Geological Survey Per Gloersen, National Aeronautics and Space ..."

2. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal by Elisha Kent Kane (1854)
"It is an annulus, a ring surrounding an area of open water—the polynya, ... polynya is a Russian word, signifying an open space; and it is used by the ..."

3. Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Concepts and Cases by Julian Inglis (1993)
"The constant diving of numerous birds feeding on the ocean floor introduces air bubbles under the ice surrounding a polynya. These bubbles collect ..."

4. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"... where small boats would be launched and the search for Franklin prosecuted around the shores of the polynya. The general story of the second Expedition ..."

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