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geostrophic wind meaning in Tamil

புவிசுழற்சி காற்று

geostrophic wind in Tamil: புவிசுழற்சி காற்று. In English, geostrophic wind means a wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the horizontal pressure gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.

Tamil words for geostrophic wind

புவிசுழற்சி காற்று

English meaning of geostrophic wind

  1. noun A wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the horizontal pressure gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.
  2. noun That horizontal wind velocity for which the Coriolis force exactly balances the horizontal pressure gradient force. The geostrophic wind is thus directed along the contour lines on a constant-pressure surface (or along the isobars in a geopotential surface) with low elevations (or low pressure) to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.

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Questions about geostrophic wind in Tamil

What is the meaning of geostrophic wind in Tamil?
Geostrophic wind in Tamil is புவிசுழற்சி காற்று.
geostrophic wind என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Geostrophic wind: புவிசுழற்சி காற்று.
What does geostrophic wind mean in English?
Geostrophic wind means a wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the horizontal pressure gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: geostrophic wind (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: geostrophic wind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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