Frompycno- +‎-cline.

pycnocline (pluralpycnoclines)

1. Aboundarylayer in a body ofwater between areas of differenttemperature orsalinity.

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

2. A layer of water where thedensitychangesrapidly withdepth

• thermocline
• halocline

• English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
• English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱley- (incline)
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