tachocline

English

Etymology

From tacho- +‎ -cline; coined in a paper by Edward A. Spiegel and Jean-Paul Zahn in 1992 (Spiegel, E. A.; & Zahn, J.-P.; "The solar tachocline", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 265, 106–114, 1992) by analogy to the oceanic thermocline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ko.klaɪn/

Noun

tachocline (plural tachoclines)

1. (astronomy) A region of abrupt transition from rotation to convection in the interior of the sun.

Translations

Translations

• French: tachocline (fr) f
• German: Tachocline f
• Spanish: tacoclina f
• Tamil: வேகச்சரிவு (vēkaccarivu)