- thermocline
- 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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thermocline
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thermocline — [ tɛrmoklin ] n. f. • 1964; de thermo et gr. klinein « incliner » ♦ Géophys. Couche d eau marine à fort gradient vertical de température, entre l eau chaude de surface et l eau froide des fonds. ● thermocline nom féminin Couche d eau marine ou… … Encyclopédie Universelle
thermocline — 1898, from THERMO (Cf. thermo ) + cline, from Gk. klinein to slope (see LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
thermocline — [thʉr′mə klīn΄] n. [ THERMO + cline, as in ANTICLINE] a layer of water between the warmer, surface zone and the colder, deep water zone in a thermally stratified body of water, in which the temperature decreases rapidly with depth … English World dictionary
Thermocline — Aquatic layers Pelagic Photic Epipelagic … Wikipedia
Thermocline — La thermocline est la zone de transition thermique rapide entre les eaux superficielles et les eaux profondes. Pour la faune, quand elle est très marquée, la thermocline peut être un écotone, voire jouer le rôle d une véritable barrière, surtout… … Wikipédia en Français
thermocline — thermoclinal, adj. /therr meuh kluyn /, n. a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below. Cf. epilimnion, hypolimnion. [1895 1900; THERMO +… … Universalium
thermocline — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌklīn noun ( s) Etymology: therm + cline 1. : a temperature gradient; especially : one marking sharp change 2. : a layer of water in a thermally stratified lake or other body of water separating an upper warmer lighter oxygen rich zone… … Useful english dictionary
thermocline — the zone of rapidly changing temperature between the warm upper layer (epilimnion) and the lower cold layer (hypolimnion). Characterized by a temperature change of 1C° or more per metre … Dictionary of ichthyology
thermocline — n. [Gr. therme, heat; klinein, to slope] In the strata of rapidly changing temperatures in lakes, the narrow dividing stratum between the epilimnion and hypolimnion … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
thermocline — noun A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth … Wiktionary
