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kelvin wave

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables
kelv-in wave
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-dispersive wave in the ocean or atmosphere that balances the Earth's Coriolis force against a topographic boundary such as a coastline, or a waveguide such as the equator.

noun

A long-scale perturbation mode of a vortex in superfluid dynamics.

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Etymology

Named after Lord Kelvin, the discoverer (1879).

Inflected Forms

Kelvin waves (plural)

Questions

What does kelvin wave mean?
A non-dispersive wave in the ocean or atmosphere that balances the Earth's Coriolis force against a topographic boundary such as a coastline, or a waveguide such as the equator.
Where does kelvin wave come from?
Named after Lord Kelvin, the discoverer (1879).

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