Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buys ballot's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: buys bal-lot's law
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A rule stating that, in the Northern Hemisphere, if a person stands with their back to the wind, the atmospheric pressure is low to the left and high to the right (because wind travels counterclockwise around low-pressure zones in the Northern Hemisphere).

Etymology

Named after C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist.

Questions

What does buys ballot's law mean?: A rule stating that, in the Northern Hemisphere, if a person stands with their back to the wind, the atmospheric pressure is low to the left and high to the right (because wind travels counterclockwise around low-pressure zones in the Northern Hemisphere).
Where does buys ballot's law come from?: Named after C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist.

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