Meanings
nounmicrobreaking (uncountable)
- uncountableThe formation of microbreaks in breaking waves
Here we demonstrate that the explanation for this arises from subtle end-of-packet and wavetrain gradient effects such as microbreaking events and wave-flow decomposition subtleties required to conserve mass and momentum and avoid fictitious external forces.
2015, Clifford Chafin, “The Absence of Stokes Drift in Waves”, in arXiv
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