Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ageostrophic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ageostroph-ic
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not geostrophic

Example Sentences

"It might sound puzzling that the ageostrophic geopotential (or the ageostrophic pressure in z-coordinate) has no impact on the evolution of the vorticity of a quasi-geostrophic disturbance and yet it affects the perturbation kinetic energetics (not globally but locally)."
"Note that the ageostrophic wind has both a divergent and a nondivergent part."
"Ageostrophic circulations play a significant role in the kinematics and dynamics of a variety of synoptic- and mesoscale weather systems found within extratropical baroclinic wave regimes."

Etymology

From a- + geostrophic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Frequently Paired Words

ageostrophy

Questions

What does ageostrophic mean?: Not geostrophic
Where does ageostrophic come from?: From a- + geostrophic.

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