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- adjective chemistry Describing a method of establishing the
solubility of a substance in which amixture of known composition is heated above itssolution temperature and then monitored visually duringcooling untilturbidity is observed at thecloud point
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Second, this situation is complicated in polythermal glaciers like the one under consideration must be given its altitude.
Guliya Core #2 and Mountain Glacier Flow « Climate Audit 2006
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