Etymology

cabbeling

cab·bel·ing
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Today it means: The process by which two masses of water with different temperatures and salinities mix to form a new water mass with a density higher than the density of either parent water mass; also, the sinking of the new water mass as the effect of its increased density. Full definition →

German Kabbelung
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  1. German · borrowed fromKabbelung
  2. English todaycabbeling

From German Kabbelung; according to Foster (1972), the German word was first applied to the phenomenon by Witte (1902), and subsequently used in an anglicized form by Stommel (1960) and others.

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