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stratorotational en · ADJ

Etymology

From strato- + rotational.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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). 2016, Ruy Ibanez, Harry L. Swinney, Bruce Rodenborn, “Observations of the stratorotational instability in rotating concentric cylinders”, in arXiv: