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Kelvin wave

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Noun

Kelvin wave ‎(plural Kelvin waves)

  1. A non-dispersive wave in the ocean or atmosphere that balances the Earth's Coriolis force against a topographic boundary such as a coastline, or a waveguide such as the equator.
  2. A long-scale perturbation mode of a vortex in superfluid dynamics.

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