thermocline depth

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• Thermocline — Aquatic layers Pelagic    Photic       Epipelagic …   Wikipedia

• 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 — 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 — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• thermocline — noun A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth …   Wiktionary

• layer depth — The depth from the surface of the sea to the point above the first major negative thermocline at which sound velocity is maximum …   Military dictionary

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• Lake — /layk/, n. Simon, 1866 1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect. * * * I Relatively large body of slow moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin. Lakes are most abundant in high northern latitudes and in mountain regions, particularly …   Universalium

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