Rapidless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without rapids.

    ""The river itself is flat and picks up quite a bit of current in highest flows, but otherwise it is a straightforward, rapidless section of beginner water.""

  2. 2
    having no fast rivers or streams

    "The Zambezi contains at least 14 species that were not found in the Kwando River; ten of these species are strongly rheophilic, explaining their absence in the rapidless and rockless Kwando-Linyanti."

Example

More examples

""The river itself is flat and picks up quite a bit of current in highest flows, but otherwise it is a straightforward, rapidless section of beginner water.""

Etymology

From rapid + -less.

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