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superinertial

superinertial adjective: having a velocity greater than that produced by inertia alone.

Adjective

superinertial (not comparable)

  1. Having a velocity greater than that produced by inertia alone
    • Similarly, wake cyclonic sub-mesoscale eddies generated in the lee of St. Croix’s southwest corner were also superinertial as shown in Fig 12 .2016 March 5, “Eastern Caribbean Circulation and Island Mass Effect on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands: A Mechanism for Relatively Consistent Recruitment Patterns”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of superinertial

From super- + inertial.

Questions about superinertial

What does superinertial mean?
Superinertial means having a velocity greater than that produced by inertia alone.
What part of speech is superinertial?
Superinertial is an adjective.

Words near superinertial in the dictionary

  1. superindulgent
  2. superindustrial
  3. superindustries
  4. superindustrious
  5. superindustry
  6. superinertial
  7. superinfect
  8. superinfected
  9. superinfecting
  10. superinfection
  11. superinfections

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