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View synonyms for geostrophic wind

geostrophic wind

noun

  1. a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of geostrophic wind1

First recorded in 1915–20

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