thermocline
pronunciation
How to pronounce thermocline in British English:
UK ['θɜ:məklaɪn]
How to pronounce thermocline in American English:
US ['θɜməˌklaɪn]
Word Origin
- thermocline (n.)
- 1897, from thermo- + -cline, from Greek klinein "to slope" (see lean (v.)).
Example
- 1. It also reports the data on thermocline layers .
- 2. The relationship between the thermocline depth of tropical ocean and the intensity of the south china sea summer monsoon .
- 3. Function of thermocline for vertical distribution of anchovy eggs in the spawning ground of the southern waters to shandong peninsula .
- 4. In spring , the temperature increased and salinity decreased , while the nutrient elements were consumed , the thermocline and halocline grown up ; these were conversely in the autumn .
- 5. Homesick children know how sharp the boundary between home and not-home can be because they suffer from the difference , as if it were a psychological thermocline .