thermocline

English

Etymology

thermo- +‎ -cline

Noun

thermocline (plural thermoclines)

(geography) A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth.

Related terms

thermohalocline

Translations

layer in water

Bulgarian: термокли́н m (termoklín)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 斜温层, 斜溫層／斜温层
Finnish: termokliini
French: thermocline (fr) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: termoklin (no) m

Nynorsk: termoklin m
Russian: термокли́н (ru) m (termoklín)

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

thermocline f (plural thermoclines)

(geography) thermocline

Further reading

“thermocline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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