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pycnocline

pycnocline noun: a boundary layer in a body of water between areas of different temperature or salinity.

Noun

pycnocline (plural pycnoclines)

  1. A boundary layer in a body of water between areas of different temperature or salinity.
    • The bay has fresher water at the surface and saltier water at the bottom, in between is the pycnocline.
  2. A layer of water where the density changes rapidly with depth

Forms of pycnocline

pluralpycnoclines

Origin of pycnocline

From pycno- + -cline.

Words formed from pycnocline

Questions about pycnocline

What does pycnocline mean?
Pycnocline means a boundary layer in a body of water between areas of different temperature or salinity.
What part of speech is pycnocline?
Pycnocline is a noun.
What is the plural of pycnocline?
The plural of pycnocline is pycnoclines.

Words near pycnocline in the dictionary

  1. pycnite
  2. pycnites
  3. pycnium
  4. pycno-
  5. pycnochlorite
  6. pycnocline
  7. pycnoclines
  8. pycnoconidia
  9. pycnoconidium
  10. pycnodont
  11. pycnodontid

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