thermocline

English

Etymology

From thermo- +‎ -cline.

Noun

thermocline (plural thermoclines)

  1. (geography) A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth.
    • 2015 December 5, “Diel Vertical Dynamics of Gelatinous Zooplankton (Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Thaliacea) in a Subtropical Stratified Ecosystem (South Brazilian Bight)”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Even among migratory species, only a few (Aglaura hemistoma, Abylopsis tetragona eudoxids, Beroe sp., Thalia democratica, Salpa fusiformis) crossed the thermocline and reached the bottom layer.

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Noun

thermocline f (plural thermoclines)

  1. (geography) thermocline

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