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thermohalocline

thermohalocline noun: a layer within a body of water or air where the temperature and salinity change rapidly with depth; a layer that is a combination of a thermocline and halocline.

Noun

thermohalocline (plural thermohaloclines)

  1. A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature and salinity change rapidly with depth; a layer that is a combination of a thermocline and halocline.
    • Several taxa are known only from below the thermohalocline in the cave, namely Lasionectes exleyi Yager & Humphreys (Remipedia)2013, Romero Aldemaro, The biology of hypogean fishes

Forms of thermohalocline

pluralthermohaloclines

Origin of thermohalocline

From thermo- + halo- + -cline.

Questions about thermohalocline

What does thermohalocline mean?
Thermohalocline means a layer within a body of water or air where the temperature and salinity change rapidly with depth; a layer that is a combination of a thermocline and halocline.
What part of speech is thermohalocline?
Thermohalocline is a noun.
What is the plural of thermohalocline?
The plural of thermohalocline is thermohaloclines.

Words near thermohalocline in the dictionary

  1. thermogravitational
  2. thermohaline
  3. thermohaline circulation
  4. thermohaline circulations
  5. thermohalines
  6. thermohalocline
  7. thermohaloclines
  8. thermohalophile
  9. thermohalophiles
  10. thermohalophilic
  11. thermohardening

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