GEOSTROPHIC

Meaning of GEOSTROPHIC in English

/jee'euh strof"ik, -stroh"fik/ , adj.

of or pertaining to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.

[ 1915-20; GEO- + STROPHIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

GEOSTROPHIC — adjective see: strophe Date: 1916 of, relating to, or arising from the Coriolis force, ~ally adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GEOSTROPHIC — |jēō|sträfik adjective Etymology: ge- + Greek strophikos turned, from strophē action of turning + -ikos -ic — more at strophe …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GEOSTROPHIC — adjective Etymology: ge- + Greek strophikos turned, from strophē turning — more at strophe Date: 1916 : of, relating to, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GEOSTROPHIC — [ ˌdʒi:ə(ʊ)'strɒfɪk , -'strəʊf- ] ■ adjective Meteorology & Oceanography denoting the component of a wind or current that arises …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GEOSTROPHIC — [geo.stroph.ic] adj [ge- + Gk strophikos turned, fr. strophe turning--more at strophe] (1916): of, relating to, or arising from the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GEOSTROPHIC — adj. Meteorol. depending upon the rotation of the earth. [GEO- + Gk strophe a turning f. strepho to turn]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GEOSTROPHIC — adj. Meteorol. depending upon the rotation of the earth. [ GEO- + Gk strophe a turning f. strepho to turn …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GEOSTROPHIC — adj. Meteorol. depending upon the rotation of the earth. Etymology: GEO- + Gk strophe a turning f. strepho to turn
Oxford English vocab
GEOSTROPHIC — геострофический - geostrophic wind
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GEOSTROPHIC — геострофный, геострофический
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GEOSTROPHIC — геострофический
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
GEOSTROPHIC — геострофический - geostrophic wind
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GEOSTROPHIC — Pronunciation: ˌ j ē - ə - ' strä-fik Function: adjective Etymology: ge- + Greek strophikos turned, from stroph ē …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GEOSTROPHIC WIND — noun : a wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the pressure-gradient force and the force …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GEOSTROPHIC WIND — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GEOSTROPHIC MOTION — fluid flow in a direction parallel, rather than perpendicular, to lines of equal pressure (isobars) in a rotating system, such …
Britannica English vocabulary
GEOSTROPHIC WIND — A steady horizontal motion of air along straight, parallel isobars or contours in an unchanging pressure or contour field. It …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MOTION — квазигеострофическое движение
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC EQUILIBRIUM — квазигеострофическое равновесие
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC — квазигеострофический
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GEOSTROPHIC WIND LEVEL — уровень геострофического ветра (верхняя граница уровня трения)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GEOSTROPHIC WIND — геострофический ветер
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GEOSTROPHICALLY — adverb see: geostrophic
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GRADIENT WIND — /wind/ a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GEOSTROPHICALLY — see geostrophic
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRADIENT WIND — hypothetical wind that accounts for air flow along a curved trajectory. It is an extension of the concept of geostrophic …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLIMATE AND LIFE — Climate and life Coevolution of climate and life It has been well established that life and climate interact and that …
Britannica English vocabulary
THERMAL WIND BALANCE — The thermal wind balance occurs between the horizontal temperature gradient and the vertical shear of the geostrophic wind (i.e., thermal …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
GRADIENT WIND BALANCE — In curved flow, the resulting wind can be approximated by the balance between the centripetal acceleration, the Coriolis acceleration and …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
BAROCLINIC — Description of an atmospheric condition in which constant pressure surfaces intersect surfaces of constant temperature. In weather analysis, a baroclinic …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
ZONAL INDEX — The measure of the strength of the westerly winds of the middle latitudes. It is expressed as the horizontal pressure …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
ОТКЛОНЕНИЕ ОТ ГЕОСТРОФИЧЕСКОГО — geostrophic departure, geostrophic deviation
Большой Русско-Английский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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