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Ekman spiral

Ekman spiral noun: a structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary.

Noun

Ekman spiral (plural Ekman spirals)

  1. A structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary.

Ekman spiral meaning in Tamil

Ekman spiral in Tamil

ஏக்மென் காற்றுச்சுழல்

Forms of Ekman spiral

pluralEkman spirals

Origin of Ekman spiral

First physically explained by Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer.

Questions about Ekman spiral

What does Ekman spiral mean?
Ekman spiral means a structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary.
What is Ekman spiral in Tamil?
Ekman spiral in Tamil is ஏக்மென் காற்றுச்சுழல். See Ekman spiral meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Ekman spiral?
Ekman spiral is a noun.
What is the plural of Ekman spiral?
The plural of Ekman spiral is Ekman spirals.

Words near Ekman spiral in the dictionary

  1. eklogite
  2. eklogites
  3. Eklund
  4. Eklunds
  5. Ekman
  6. Ekman spiral
  7. Ekman spirals
  8. Ekmans
  9. ekmek
  10. ekmek kadayif
  11. Ekmekjian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ekman spiral (page history and authors); ekman spiral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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