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PRONUNCIATION OF GEOSTROPHIC

geostrophic  [ˌdʒiːəʊˈstrɒfɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GEOSTROPHIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Geostrophic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GEOSTROPHIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Geostrophic current

A geostrophic current is an oceanic flow in which the pressure gradient force is balanced by the Coriolis effect. The direction of geostrophic flow is parallel to the isobars, with the high pressure to the right of the flow in the Northern Hemisphere, and the high pressure to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This concept is familiar from weather maps, whose isobars show the direction of geostrophic flow in the atmosphere. Geostrophic flow may be either barotropic or baroclinic. A geostrophic current may also be thought of as a rotating shallow water wave with a frequency of zero. The principle of geostrophy is useful to oceanographers because it allows them to infer ocean currents from measurements of the sea surface height or from vertical profiles of seawater density taken by ships or autonomous buoys. The major currents of the world's oceans, such as the Gulf Stream, the Kuroshio Current, the Agulhas Current, and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, are all approximately in geostrophic balance and are examples of geostrophic currents.

Definition of geostrophic in the English dictionary

The definition of geostrophic in the dictionary is of, relating to, or caused by the force produced by the rotation of the earth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GEOSTROPHIC


antistrophic
ˌæntɪˈstrɒfɪk
apostrophic
ˌæpəˈstrɒfɪk
atrophic
əˈtrɒfɪk
autotrophic
ˌɔːtəˈtrɒfɪk
auxotrophic
ˌɔːksəˈtrɒfɪk
catastrophic
ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk
diastrophic
ˌdaɪəˈstrɒfɪk
dystrophic
dɪsˈtrɒfɪk
eutrophic
juːˈtrɒfɪk
heterostrophic
ˌhɛtərəʊˈstrɒfɪk
heterotrophic
ˌhɛtərəʊˈtrɒfɪk
hypertrophic
ˌhaɪpəˈtrɒfɪk
mesotrophic
ˌmɛsəʊˈtrɒfɪk
monostrophic
ˌmɒnəˈstrɒfɪk
neurotrophic
ˌnjʊərəˈtrɒfɪk
octastrophic
ˌɒktəˈstrɒfɪk
oligotrophic
ˌɒlɪɡəʊˈtrɒfɪk
phototrophic
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtrɒfɪk
strophic
ˈstrɒfɪk
trophic
ˈtrɒfɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GEOSTROPHIC

geoscience
geoscientific
geoscientist
geospatial
geosphere
geostatic
geostatics
geostationary
geostrategic
geostrategical
geostrategist
geostrategy
geostrophically
geosynchronous
geosynclinal
geosyncline
geotactic
geotactical
geotactically
geotaxis

WORDS THAT END LIKE GEOSTROPHIC

anthroposophic
chemoheterotrophic
corticotrophic
endotrophic
geographic
gonadotrophic
lymphotrophic
mixotrophic
mycotrophic
necrotrophic
pansophic
philosophic
photoautotrophic
polytrophic
prototrophic
saprotrophic
somatotrophic
theosophic
thyrotrophic
unphilosophic
zootrophic

Synonyms and antonyms of geostrophic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «geostrophic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GEOSTROPHIC

Find out the translation of geostrophic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of geostrophic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «geostrophic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地转
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

geostrófico
570 millions of speakers

English

geostrophic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

geostrophic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموجه بحركة الأرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

геострофическое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

geostrophic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

geostrophic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

géostrophique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geostrofik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geostrophischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地衡流
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지구 자전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geostrophic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

geostrophic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

geostrophic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भूस्त्रवाचक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

jeostrofik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

geostrofico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

geostrophic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

геострофічних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

geostrophic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γεωστροφικού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geostrofiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

geostrofisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geostrofiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geostrophic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOSTROPHIC»

The term «geostrophic» is regularly used and occupies the 84.296 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOSTROPHIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about geostrophic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEOSTROPHIC»

Discover the use of geostrophic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to geostrophic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere: Topics in ...
Large-scale winds and currents tend to balance Coriolis and pressure gradient forces.
Fabio Cavallini, Fulvio Crisciani, 2012
2
Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and ...
An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment C. Donald Ahrens, Peter Lawrence Jackson, Christine E. J. Jackson, Christine E. O. Jackson. FOCUS ON AN ADVANCED TOPIC F A Mathematical Look at the Geostrophic Wind A We ...
C. Donald Ahrens, Peter Lawrence Jackson, Christine E. J. Jackson, 2012
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An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology
approximation (2.22) contains no reference to time and therefore cannot be used to predict the evolution of the velocity field. It is for this reason that the geostrophic relationship is called a diagnostic relationship. By analogy to the geostrophic ...
James R. Holton, Gregory J. Hakim, 2013
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Fundamentals of Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
We can calculate the density p =p/RT=4.5b 104/(287 250)=0.635 kg m ' and for the geostrophic wind we have V=400/(0.635 1.08 10 300 10')=20.5 ms"1 where the Coriolis parameter has been calculated for a 45° latitude and has the value ...
Guido Visconti, 2001
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The Equations of Oceanic Motions
We now consider geostrophic flows. Formally, geostrophic flows require that the Rossby and Ekman numbers are much smaller than one. The horizontal momentum balance reduces to the geostrophic balance. The pressure force is balanced ...
Peter Müller, 2006
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Geostrophic circulation off the coast of central California
The seasonal variations in temperature, salinity, water masses and geostrophic currents at the surface and 200 m are discussed for the region off the Central California coast near Monterey.
Robert Lee Brown, 1974
7
Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability
We should note that if the analysis is out of balance, all of the initial information that projects on inertia-gravity waves will be lost, whether the inertia-gravity waves are filtered out during the model integration through geostrophic adjustment, ...
Eugenia Kalnay, 2003
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Stratosphere Troposphere Interactions: An Introduction
compared to the Coriolis parameter (f) in divergence term; (iii) approximating the horizontal velocity by the geostrophic wind in the advection term; and (iv) replacing the relative vorticity by its geostrophic value, we obtain the quasi- geostrophic ...
K. Mohanakumar, 2008
9
Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics: A First Course
influence of geostrophic advection on forcing the secondary circulation. We might reasonably ask if this is enough to describe nature accurately. Recall that the geostrophic balance is fairly well obeyed in the along-front direction but not so well ...
Jonathan E. Martin, 2013
10
Ocean Circulation Theory
The geostrophic contours are shaped by the flow itself. In the quasi-geostrophic approximation the curves are completely determined once the Sverdrup transport is calculated. Thus the shape of the contours depends directly on the structure of  ...
Joseph Pedlosky, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GEOSTROPHIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term geostrophic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is Global Sea Level Responding as Predicted by Climate Models?
In light of ARGO (Array for Realtime Geostrophic Oceanography) data that are available for the last decade but do not yet cover the deepest ... «CO2 Science Magazine, Apr 15»
2
Global warming is now slowing down the circulation of the oceans …
But there's another factor, too, involving what is called the “geostrophic balance of forces” in the ocean. This gets wonky, but the bottom line ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
3
Jason Adams
My favorite weather term is quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity. My favorite TV show as a kid was Duck Tales! What is your day like? My hours are pretty wild, ... «WCPO, Dec 14»
4
Viruses Take Down Massive Algal Blooms - And A Whole Lot Of …
Arrows represent the geostrophic surface currents. Purple dots mark the location of the patch centroid. Black contours delineate the patch ... «Science 2.0, Aug 14»
5
Uncle Sky Stripes City On National Holiday; Should We Worry, Or …
What's more, the geostrophic winds in the upper troposphere guarantee to move contrails across the skies. The contrails you see after a plane ... «The Chattanoogan, Jul 14»
6
Smart 'auto aim' rifle lets snipers shoot a smartphone from more than …
A real expert marksman would know about ballistics, the vectors that are calculated for wind, geostrophic drift and gravity and the implications ... «Daily Mail, May 14»
7
Pressure review – a highly watchable D-Day action-adventure yarn
... preoccupation, manages to make the stuff of westerly flows, barographs and geostrophic currents into a highly watchable single-set drama. «The Guardian, May 14»
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Police seek witnesses in auto-pedestrian crash involving Northern …
Paul Nutter, an assistant professor of meteorology, discusses pressure systems during his lecture on Arctic quasi-geostrophic dynamics as part ... «University of Northern Colorado The Mirror, Feb 14»
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The Weather Channel Removes Editor For "Where Meteorologists …
@Geostrophic @ryanvaughan You are spot on Corey. The SM staffer has been replaced and we apologize for the off-color comment. «BuzzFeed, Jan 14»
10
This Gravity-Sensing Satellite Peeks Beneath the Earth's Surface
What's more, these readings are helping oceanographers better understand the direction and speed of geostrophic ocean currents by ... «Gizmodo, Jan 14»

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