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 .