baroclinity: Meaning and Definition of

bar•o•clin•i•ty

Pronunciation: (bar"u-klin'i-tē), [key]
— n. Meteorol.
  1. a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
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