clinolimnion
noun
cli·no·lim·ni·on
\ˌklīnəˈlimnēˌän\
Definition of clinolimnion
clinolimnia
\-nēə\: the upper layers of a hypolimnion in which the rate of warming falls off exponentially with depth — compare bathylimnion
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Origin and Etymology of clinolimnion
New Latin, from clin- + -limnion
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