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stratorotational

adj

Etymology

From strato- + rotational.

  1. borrowed from rotātiō
  2. suffixed as rotational — “rotation + al”
  3. prefixed as stratorotational — “strato + rotational”

Definitions

  1. Relating to the rotation of concentric layers of fluid

    • The primary instability of the laminar state leads not to axisymmetric Taylor vortex flow but to the non-axisymmetric {\it stratorotational instability} (SRI), so named by Shalybkov and R\"udiger (2005).

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