Kelvin wave

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词形变化

Kelvin waves 复数 Kelvin waves

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    气象
  2. 2.

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

词源

Named after Lord Kelvin, the discoverer (1879).

来源：wiktionary