halocline — ● halocline nom féminin Couche à fort gradient vertical de salinité, immergée au voisinage de la thermocline et développée essentiellement entre 0 et 500 m de profondeur … Encyclopédie Universelle
halocline — [hal′ə klīn΄] n. [ HALO + cline, as in ANTICLINE] a level of marked change, esp. increase, in the salinity of sea water at a certain depth … English World dictionary
Halocline — In oceanography, a halocline is a strong, vertical salinity gradient. Because salinity (in concert with temperature) affects the density of seawater, it can play a role in its vertical stratification. Increasing salinity by one kg/m3 results in… … Wikipedia
halocline — /hal euh kluyn /, n. a well defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water. [1955 60; HALO + CLINE] * * * ▪ oceanography vertical zone in the oceanic water column in which salinity changes rapidly with depth, located… … Universalium
halocline — noun Date: 1960 a usually vertical gradient in salinity (as of the ocean) … New Collegiate Dictionary
halocline — 1) the region of rapid change of salinity between two layers of different salinity. Analogous to the thermocline, q.v 2) a vertical gradient in the saltiness of the ocean … Dictionary of ichthyology
halocline — n. [Gr. hals, salt, sea; klinein, to slope] That area of sharp vertical salinity change in the ocean or other saline water … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
halocline — noun a strong, vertical salinity gradient; the (sometimes indistinct) border between layers of water that contain different amounts of salt … Wiktionary
halocline — hal·o·cline … English syllables
halocline — hal•o•cline [[t]ˈhæl əˌklaɪn[/t]] n. oce a well defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water • Etymology: 1955–60; halo +(thermo)cline … From formal English to slang
