noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The perpetually cold layer of water that lies beneath the thermocline of a thermally stratified lake.

Synonyms

All synonyms

monimolimnion

Etymology

From hypo- + -limnion.

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