- halocline
- noun Date: 1960 a usually vertical gradient in salinity (as of the ocean)
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
halocline
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halocline — ● halocline nom féminin Couche à fort gradient vertical de salinité, immergée au voisinage de la thermocline et développée essentiellement entre 0 et 500 m de profondeur … Encyclopédie Universelle
halocline — [hal′ə klīn΄] n. [ HALO + cline, as in ANTICLINE] a level of marked change, esp. increase, in the salinity of sea water at a certain depth … English World dictionary
Halocline — In oceanography, a halocline is a strong, vertical salinity gradient. Because salinity (in concert with temperature) affects the density of seawater, it can play a role in its vertical stratification. Increasing salinity by one kg/m3 results in… … Wikipedia
halocline — /hal euh kluyn /, n. a well defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water. [1955 60; HALO + CLINE] * * * ▪ oceanography vertical zone in the oceanic water column in which salinity changes rapidly with depth, located… … Universalium
halocline — A locally steep salinity gradient along the interface between fresh groundwater and saline ground water, such as is found at the base of the freshwater lens common beneath many limestone islands in the tropics. Water mixing and microbial… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
halocline — 1) the region of rapid change of salinity between two layers of different salinity. Analogous to the thermocline, q.v 2) a vertical gradient in the saltiness of the ocean … Dictionary of ichthyology
halocline — n. [Gr. hals, salt, sea; klinein, to slope] That area of sharp vertical salinity change in the ocean or other saline water … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
halocline — noun a strong, vertical salinity gradient; the (sometimes indistinct) border between layers of water that contain different amounts of salt … Wiktionary
halocline — hal·o·cline … English syllables
halocline — hal•o•cline [[t]ˈhæl əˌklaɪn[/t]] n. oce a well defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water • Etymology: 1955–60; halo +(thermo)cline … From formal English to slang
