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noun
A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences, oceanography
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
A back-formation from eustatic (borrowed from German eustatische (“eustatic”), from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well, good”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”)) + -y.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
