THERMOCLINE


Meaning of THERMOCLINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈthər-mə-ˌklīn ]

noun

Date: 1898

: the region in a thermally stratified body of water which separates warmer surface water from cold deep water and in which temperature decreases rapidly with depth

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