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halosteric

halosteric adjective: pertaining to changes in salinity of seawater.

Adjective

halosteric (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to changes in salinity of seawater.
    • Since there is no major source of new salt in the ocean, halosteric contributions will result from redistribution of salt by currents, a change in evaporation over precipitation and runoff or from a change in salt concentration by a net change in the water stored in ice sheets.1990, H. Frank Eden, Towards an integrated system for measuring long term changes in global sea level, page 4
    • Antonov et al. (2002) attributed about 10% of the global average steric sea level rise during recent decades to halosteric expansion (i.e., the volume increase caused by freshening of the water column).2007, Susan Solomon, Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis, →ISBN

Origin of halosteric

From halo- + Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”) + -ic.

Questions about halosteric

What does halosteric mean?
Halosteric means pertaining to changes in salinity of seawater.
What part of speech is halosteric?
Halosteric is an adjective.

Words near halosteric in the dictionary

  1. halosilane
  2. halosilanes
  3. halosphaeriaceous
  4. halostability
  5. halostable
  6. halosteric
  7. halosugar
  8. halosugars
  9. halosulfite
  10. halosulfites
  11. halosulfuron

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