pycnocline Syllabification: (pyc·no·cline)Pronunciation: /ˈpiknəˌklīn/Definition of pycnocline noun Geography a layer in an ocean or other body of water in which water density increases rapidly with depth. Origin: 1950s: from Greek puknos 'thick' + clinepycnocline in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of pycnocline in the British & World English dictionary
