ther|mo|cline

ther|mo|cline
ther|mo|cline «THUR muh klyn», noun.
a layer within a large body of water sharply separating parts of it that differ in temperature, so that the temperature gradient through the layer is very abrupt.
[< thermo- + Greek kl to slope]

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