cabbeling

== English == === Alternative forms === caballing cabbelling (British) === Etymology === From German Kabbelung; according to Foster (1972), the German word was first applied to the phenomenon by Witte (1902), and subsequently used in an anglicized form by Stommel (1960) and others. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈbɛlɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ Hyphenation: cab‧bel‧ing === Noun === cabbeling (uncountable) (oceanography) The process by which two masses of water with different temperatures and salinities mix to form a new water mass with a density higher than the density of either parent water mass; also, the sinking of the new water mass as the effect of its increased density. ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “cabbeling”, in Meteorology Glossary‎[1], American Meteorological Society, 26 January 2012, archived from the original on 12 October 2015.