thermohalocline

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noun

A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature and salinity change rapidly with depth; a layer that is a combination of a thermocline and halocline.

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Meanings

nounthermohalocline (plural thermohaloclines)

plural thermohaloclines

  1. geographyA layer within a body of water or air where the temperature and salinity change rapidly with depth; a layer that is a combination of a thermocline and halocline.

    Several taxa are known only from below the thermohalocline in the cave, namely Lasionectes exleyi Yager & Humphreys (Remipedia)

    2013, Romero Aldemaro, The biology of hypogean fishes

Origin

From thermo- + halo- + -cline.

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thermohalocline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermohalocline

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thermohalocline,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermohalocline.

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