ek'nosh-venek

climatic trend

Pronunciation

ɛkʔnoʃvɛnɛk

Sound out ek'nosh-venek letter by letter:

• eɛe as in 'bet'
• kkk as in 'skate' (no puff of air)
• 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
• nnn as in 'no'
• ooo as in 'go'
• shʃsh as in 'shoe'
• vvv as in 'van'
• eɛe as in 'bet'
• nnn as in 'no'
• eɛe as in 'bet'
• kkk as in 'skate' (no puff of air)

a climate change characterized by a reasonably smooth, monotonic increase or decrease of the average value of one or more climatic elements during the period of record