"pycnocline" meaning in All languages combined

See pycnocline on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pycnoclines [plural]
Etymology: From pycno- + -cline. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|pycno-|-cline|text=+|tree=1}} From pycno- + -cline. Head templates: {{en-noun}} pycnocline (plural pycnoclines)
  1. A boundary layer in a body of water between areas of different temperature or salinity.
    Sense id: en-pycnocline-en-noun-xuuAdlSO Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pycno-, English terms suffixed with -cline, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pycno-: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cline: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 88 12
  2. A layer of water where the density changes rapidly with depth
    Sense id: en-pycnocline-en-noun-eMBQVWpe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: subpycnocline Related terms: thermocline, halocline

Inflected forms

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