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thermoclines

thermoclines is the plural of thermocline.

Meaning of thermocline

Noun

thermocline (plural thermoclines)

  1. A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth.
    • Even among migratory species, only a few (Aglaura hemistoma, Abylopsis tetragona eudoxids, Beroe sp., Thalia democratica, Salpa fusiformis) crossed the thermocline and reached the bottom layer.2015 December 5, “Diel Vertical Dynamics of Gelatinous Zooplankton (Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Thaliacea) in a Subtropical Stratified Ecosystem (South Brazilian Bight)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about thermoclines

What is thermoclines the plural of?
Thermoclines is the plural of thermocline.

Words near thermoclines in the dictionary

  1. thermoclasty
  2. thermoclimate
  3. thermoclimates
  4. thermoclinal
  5. thermocline
  6. thermoclines
  7. thermoclinic
  8. thermocoagulate
  9. thermocoagulated
  10. thermocoagulates
  11. thermocoagulating

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