rheocline
Science
noun
Ecology a layer in a body of moving water, across which there is a significant velocity gradient.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- greenhouse
- greenhouse effect
- greenhouse-friendly
- greenhouse gas
- greenhouse slug
- greenhouse warming
- greenhue
- Greenian
- greenie
- greening
- greening weed
- greenish
- greenishness
- Green Island
- Green Isle
- Green Jacket
- green jaundice
- green jersey
- greenkeeper
- greenkeeping
- Greenland
- Greenlander
- Greenland falcon
- Greenland halibut
- Greenlandic