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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 斜温层, 斜溫層
Finnish: termokliini
French: thermocline (fr) f

Norwegian:
Bokmål: termoklin (no) m

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

French

Noun

thermocline f (plural thermoclines)

(geography) thermocline

Further reading

“thermocline” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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