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Meaning of Kelvin wave | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Examples

“Geophysicists have leaned on a mathematical explanation for equatorial Kelvin waves since the 1960s, but for some, that explanation wasn’t entirely satisfying.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Kelvin-Joule effect Kelvin-Stokes theorem Kelvin-Voigt material Kelvindale Kelvinhaugh Kelvinside

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