Daily Almanac for
Nov 28, 2009
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips

Dictionary


Buys'-Bal•lot's' law"



Pronunciation: (bīs'bu-lots'), [key] Meteorol.
the law stating that if one stands with one's back to the wind, in the Northern Hemisphere the atmospheric pressure will be lower on one's left and in the Southern Hemisphere it will be lower on one's right: descriptive of the relationship of horizontal winds to atmospheric pressure.

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

buyoutbuyup
    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark

 

Related Content