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ba•rot•ro•py



Pronunciation: (bu-ro'tru-pē), [key]
—n. Meteorol.
a state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density do not intersect but are parallel. Cf. baroclinity.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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