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halocline definition

halo·cline (hal′ə klīn′)

noun

a level of marked change, esp. increase, in the salinity of sea water at a certain depth

Etymology: halo- + -cline, as in anticline

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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