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フェレル循環 (fererujunkan) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

フェレル循じゅん環かん

Meanings

1

Ferrel cell; Ferrel circulation

A mid-latitude atmospheric circulation cell in meteorology. Technical term.

フェレル循じゅん環かんは中ちゅう緯い度どの大たい気き循じゅん環かんを説せつ明めいするモデルです。
The Ferrel cell is a model that explains mid-latitude atmospheric circulation.

Kanji

循sequential, follow
環ring, circle, loop

Etymology

Named after the American meteorologist William Ferrel. The Japanese term is a direct borrowing of the English 'Ferrel cell' or 'Ferrel circulation', with 循環 meaning 'circulation'.