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pycnoclines

pycnoclines is the plural of pycnocline.

Meaning of pycnocline

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

Questions about pycnoclines

What is pycnoclines the plural of?
Pycnoclines is the plural of pycnocline.

Words near pycnoclines in the dictionary

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

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