"thermocline" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thermoclines [plural]
Etymology: thermo- + -cline Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{confix|en|thermo|cline}} thermo- + -cline Head templates: {{en-noun}} thermocline (plural thermoclines)
  1. (geography) A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth. Wikipedia link: thermocline Categories (topical): Geography, Temperature Related terms: thermohalocline Translations (layer in water): термокли́н (termoklín) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 斜温层 (Chinese Mandarin), 斜溫層 (Chinese Mandarin), termokliini (Finnish), thermocline [feminine] (French), termoklin [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), termoklin [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), термокли́н (termoklín) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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