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thermocline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
ther-mo-cline
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English -cline English thermocline From thermo- + -cline.

Inflected Forms

thermoclines (plural)

Derived Forms

subthermocline thermoclinal thermoclinic

Frequently Paired Words

thermohalocline

Questions

What does thermocline mean?
A layer within a body of water or air where the temperature changes rapidly with depth.
Where does thermocline come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English -cline English thermocline From thermo- + -cline.

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