Pycnocline Definition

pĭknə-klīn
noun
A layer, zone, or gradient of changing density, esp. a thin layer of ocean water with a density that increases rapidly with depth.
Webster's New World

A boundary layer in a body of water between areas of different temperature or salinity.

The bay has fresher water at the surface and saltier water at the bottom, in between is the pycnocline.
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Singular:
pycnocline
Plural:
pycnoclines

Origin of Pycnocline

  • Ancient Greek πυκνότης (puknotÄ“s, “density") +"Ž -cline

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek puknos thick –cline

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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