English Explanatory Dictionary

von Kármán vortex street

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A double row of vortices in a fluid sometimes found in the wake of a cylindrical body (such as in a river, downstream of a bridge support), eddies being produced from alternate sides of the body.

Word forms

von Kármán vortex street von Kármán vortex streets von Karman vortex street

Etymology

After Hungarian physicist Theodore von Kármán.

Synonyms

Kármán vortex street Karman vortex street Kármán street Karman street
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