jovicline
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of jovicline.
noun
The separation between two different depth layers of the planet Jupiter, where the microwave emission characteristics of the bands (light stripes) and belts (dark stripes) are reversed. Bands have low levels of microwave emissions compared to belts at the surface, while below the jovicline, they have higher emissions comparatively.
Etymology
From Jove + -cline. From Latin Jovi (“Jupiter”) (Iove, Iuppiter) + clino (“incline”) (gradient). Coined in reference to thermocline and halocline.
Origin
- Source language: Latin