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tachocline

/ta.ko.klaɪn/

tachocline noun: a region of abrupt transition from rotation to convection in the interior of the sun.

Noun

tachocline (plural tachoclines)

  1. A region of abrupt transition from rotation to convection in the interior of the sun.

tachocline meaning in Tamil

tachocline in Tamil

Translations
வேகச்சரிவு vēkaccarivu

Forms of tachocline

pluraltachoclines

Origin of tachocline

From tacho- + -cline; coined in a paper by Edward A. Spiegel and Jean-Paul Zahn in 1992 (Spiegel, E. A.; & Zahn, J.-P.; "The solar tachocline", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 265, 106–114, 1992) by analogy to the oceanic thermocline.

Questions about tachocline

What does tachocline mean?
Tachocline means a region of abrupt transition from rotation to convection in the interior of the sun.
What is tachocline in Tamil?
Tachocline in Tamil is வேகச்சரிவு (vēkaccarivu). See Tachocline meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tachocline?
Tachocline is a noun.
How do you pronounce tachocline?
Tachocline is pronounced /ta.ko.klaɪn/.
What is the plural of tachocline?
The plural of tachocline is tachoclines.

Words near tachocline in the dictionary

  1. tachistoscopy
  2. tachistosopic
  3. tachists
  4. tacho
  5. tacho-
  6. tachocline
  7. tachoclines
  8. tachogram
  9. tachograms
  10. tachograph
  11. tachographs

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