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Definition of Ekman
1. Noun. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ekman
Literary usage of Ekman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen: Being an Account of an Inland Journey of by Sir William Martin Conway, John Walter Gregory, Edmund Johnston Garwood, Aubyn Bernard Rochfort Trevor-Battye (1897)
"Of these North Fjord, lying north of a line joining Cape Boheman with Cape
Thordsen, separates to the north into two divisions— Ekman Bay and Dickson Bay. ..."
2. A Treatise on Producer-gas and Gas-producers by Samuel S. Wyer (1906)
"... is made of it in the original description.
Y////7/7777//////////////////Y//////////////// FIG. 17.—WEDDING PRODUCER. § 179.
Ekman producer. (B 15. ..."
3. The Jubilee of Work for Young Men in North America: A Report of the Jubilee by YMCA of the USA. (1901)
"FRANCE HEIKKI Ekman. The year 1900, which closed the nineteenth century and which
was characterized by the great World's Fair at Paris, ..."
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