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halocline

(hal′ə klīn′)

noun

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

Origin: halo- + -cline, as in anticline

See halocline in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A vertical gradient in ocean salinity.

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