| 单词 | halocline |
| 释义 | halocline[ hal-uh-klahyn ] / ˈhæl əˌklaɪn / nouna well-defined vertical salinity gradient in ocean or other saline water. Origin of haloclineFirst recorded in 1955–60; halo- + cline Words nearby haloclinehalo, halobacteria, halobiont, halo blight, halocarbon, halocline, halo effect, Halog, halogen, halogenate, halogen lamp Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for haloclinehalocline [ hăl′ə-klīn′ ] A relatively sharp discontinuity in ocean salinity at a particular depth. In general, water with a higher concentration of salinity sinks below water that is less saline; therefore, saltier haloclines lie below less salty ones. An exception is the surface halocline of the Arctic Ocean, which is both colder and more saline than the warmer Atlantic water beneath it and which protects the polar ice from melting from below. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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