thermohaline
adjective, noun
thermohaline is spelled T-H-E-R-M-O-H-A-L-I-N-E: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, thermohaline means “of, or relating to a combination of temperature and salinity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in thermohaline?
| Letters | 12: T-H-E-R-M-O-H-A-L-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is thermohaline?
Thermohaline appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of thermohaline
- thermohalines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does thermohaline mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
of, or relating to a combination of temperature and salinity
noun
- 1
thermohaline circulation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does thermohaline come from?
From thermo- + haline.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).