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Adjective: geostrophic  ,jee-u'strow-fik
  1. (meteorology) referring to the balance in the atmosphere between the horizontal Coriolis forces and the horizontal pressure forces
    "Another example of a flow without acceleration which is very important to the oceanographer is the geostrophic motion"

Encyclopedia: Geostrophic

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