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