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thermocline
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thermocline [′thər·mə‚klīn]
(geophysics)
A temperature gradient as in a layer of sea water, in which the temperature decrease with depth is greater than that of the overlying and underlying water. Also known as metalimnion.
A layer in a thermally stratified body of water in which such a gradient occurs.
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