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microbreaking en · NOUN

Etymology

From micro- + breaking.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The formation of microbreaks in breaking waves
    • Here we demonstrate that the explanation for this arises from subtle end-of-packet and wavetrain gradient effects such as microbreaking events and wave-flow decomposition subtleties required to conserve mass and momentum and avoid fictitious external forces. 2015, Clifford Chafin, “The Absence of Stokes Drift in Waves”, in arXiv: