Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermohaline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
ther-mo-ha-line
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of, or relating to a combination of temperature and salinity

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 haline English thermohaline From thermo- + haline.

Inflected Forms

Phrases

thermohaline circulation thermohaline staircase thermohaline intrusion

Questions

What does thermohaline mean?
of, or relating to a combination of temperature and salinity
Where does thermohaline 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 haline English thermohaline From thermo- + haline.

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