thermocline

English

Etymology

thermo- +‎ -cline

Noun

thermocline (plural thermoclines)

1. (geography) A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth.

Related terms

• thermohalocline

Translations

layer in water

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斜温层, 斜溫層

• Finnish: termokliini

• French: thermocline (fr) f
• Russian: термокли́н (ru) m (termoklín)

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French

Noun

thermocline f (plural thermoclines)

1. (geography) thermocline

Further reading

• “thermocline” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).