Where does “redoxcline” come from?

redoxcline (English) comes from English redox, from English oxidation, from French oxydation — oxidation.

redoxcline (English): A layer of water, having a strong vertical redox gradient, between the upper oxygenated and lower anoxic water

Definitions

  1. A layer of water, having a strong vertical redox gradient, between the upper oxygenated and lower anoxic water

Ancestry of “redoxcline”, step by step

redoxcline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English redox

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishredoxOf or relating to any reaction in which oxidation...
2EnglishoxidationThe combination of a substance with oxygen; A...
3Frenchoxydationoxidation

via English cline

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclineA gradation in a character or phenotype within a...
2Ancient Greekκλῑ́νωto decline; I bend, lean
Every word from French oxydation →
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