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barotropy

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[buh-ro-truh-pee] / bəˈrɒ trə pi /

noun

Meteorology.

  1. a state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density do not intersect but are parallel.

Etymology

Origin of barotropy

baro- + -tropy

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