geostrophic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Relating to the balance, in the atmosphere, between the horizontal Coriolis forces and the horizontal pressure forces.
Relating to or arising from the deflective force exerted on the atmosphere due to the rotation of the earth.

/d͡ʒɪ.əˈstɹoʊ.fɪk/ /-ˈstɹɔ.fɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-geostrophic.wav

geostrophic more geostrophic most geostrophic

From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-, “earth-”) + στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”) + -ic.

ageostrophic geostrophic wind geostrophic wind level

geostrophically quasigeostrophic

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