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microbarom

microbarom noun: a kind of atmospheric infrasonic wave generated in marine storms by a non-linear interaction of ocean surface waves with the atmosphere.

Noun

microbarom (plural microbaroms)

  1. (acoustics) A kind of atmospheric infrasonic wave generated in marine storms by a non-linear interaction of ocean surface waves with the atmosphere.
    • Microbaroms are a significant noise source that can potentially interfere with the detection of infrasound from nuclear explosions.

Forms of microbarom

pluralmicrobaroms

Questions about microbarom

What does microbarom mean?
Microbarom means a kind of atmospheric infrasonic wave generated in marine storms by a non-linear interaction of ocean surface waves with the atmosphere.
What part of speech is microbarom?
Microbarom is a noun.
What is the plural of microbarom?
The plural of microbarom is microbaroms.

Words near microbarom in the dictionary

  1. microbarns
  2. microbarograph
  3. microbarographic
  4. microbarographs
  5. microbarography
  6. microbarom
  7. microbarometer
  8. microbaroms
  9. microbars
  10. microbasic
  11. microbat

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