Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fujiwhara effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fu-ji-whara -ef-fect
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phenomenon that occurs when two nearby cyclonic vortices move around each other and close the distance between the circulations of their corresponding low-pressure areas.

Etymology

Named after Japanese meteorologist Sakuhei Fujiwhara who initially described the effect.

Inflected Forms

Fujiwhara effects (plural)

Synonyms

Fujiwhara interaction binary interaction

Questions

What does fujiwhara effect mean?: A phenomenon that occurs when two nearby cyclonic vortices move around each other and close the distance between the circulations of their corresponding low-pressure areas.
Where does fujiwhara effect come from?: Named after Japanese meteorologist Sakuhei Fujiwhara who initially described the effect.

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