swamping

swamping
An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).

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  • swamping — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of swamp (III) 1. : an act or instance of submerging or overwhelming numerical swamping of the natives A.L.Kroeber the swamping of a girl s personality by the subtle influence of her parents home J.C.Powys …   Useful english dictionary

  • Swamping — Swamp Swamp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swamped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swamping}.] 1. To plunge or sink into a swamp. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swamping — supelkėjimas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Sausumos virtimas pelke ten, kur negiliai yra gruntinis vanduo, ilgai užsistovi paviršinis arba potvynių vanduo. Gruntinio vandens lygis gali pakilti, pvz., kai iškertami arba… …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • Swamping problem — The swamping problem is a problem that appears in the context of epistemology that shows that the idea that knowledge has no additional value over true belief. The problem assumes that knowledge is a true justified belief the canonical definition …   Wikipedia

  • swamping — swÉ‘mp /swÉ’mp n. low lying area of land that is saturated with water and unfit for agricultural purposes, marsh, bog v. flood, fill or cover with water; inundate, overwhelm …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Gene flow — In population genetics, gene flow (also known as gene migration) is the transfer of alleles of genes from one population to another.Migration into or out of a population may be responsible for a marked change in allele frequencies (the proportion …   Wikipedia

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