thermohalocline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature and salinity change rapidly with depth; a layer that is a combination of a thermocline and halocline.

Word forms

thermohalocline thermohaloclines

Etymology

From thermo- + halo- + -cline.

Related words

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