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A Writer's Dictionary:

geostrophic Definition


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geostrophic
adj
    1. meteorol.
      Applied to the Coriolis force, especially as it affects the direction and strength of a wind or current.
Etymology: 20c: from geo- + Greek strophe a turning.



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