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thermohaline (adjective) (not comparable)
A reference to both temperature and salinity of sea water: In oceanography, thermohaline circulation relates to the joint action or variations of temperature and salinity in a water mass.
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thermohaline circulation (s) (noun), thermohaline circulations (pl)
A pattern of global ocean circulative currents or courses driven by density differences in water: The Gulf Stream is one example of thermohaline circulation that is created by variations or changes in temperature and salinity in the ocean.
thermohaline convection (s) (noun), thermohaline convections (pl)
The vertical movement of a layer of water caused by changes in the temperature-salinity relationship resulting in it becoming heavier than the water below it: Thermohaline convection is a kind of hydrodynamic instability and arrises due to one layer becoming colder or more saline, or both, and thus more dense.