English Explanatory Dictionary

pycnocline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A boundary layer in a body of water between areas of different temperature or salinity.
  2. A layer of water where the density changes rapidly with depth

Word forms

pycnocline pycnoclines

Etymology

From pycno- + -cline.

Related words

thermocline halocline

Derived words

subpycnocline
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