surface gravity

collocation in English

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surface
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.fɪs/us
/ˈsɝː-/
the outer or top part or layer ...
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gravity
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡræv.ə.ti/us
/ˈɡræv.ə.t̬i/
the force that attracts objects towards one another, especially the force that makes things fall to ...
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(Definition ofsurfaceandgravityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A useful parametrical model for the vertical structure of the pressure field induced by wind blowing over a field ofsurfacegravitywaves is proposed.
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Due to their evanescent character, forsurfacegravitywaves this dependence is on the scale of the dominant wavelength of the waves.
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Below 10 m depths the effects ofsurfacegravitywaves are negligible.
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The behaviour ofsurfacegravitywaves on a beach has been a subject of considerable theoretical and experimental research.
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In the case ofsurfacegravitywaves we will see that the second term actually doubles the magnitude of the drift.
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In the following sections, numerical estimates, based on oceanographic data, will be presented for baroclinic inertia-gravity waves andsurfacegravitywaves.
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In the present paper we formulate a theory to predict the time development of sand ripples characterized by small but finite amplitude under the action ofsurfacegravitywaves.
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This will be seen in the next section to be the case forsurfacegravitywaves, and the effect adds to the purely horizontal part of the drift.
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Several of its parameters, including its effective temperature andsurfacegravity, were found.
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Surfacegravitywaves, moving under the forcing by gravity, propagate faster for increasing wavelength.
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The list can also be partially sorted according to an object's mass and, for the largest objects, volume, density andsurfacegravity.
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Thesurfacegravityof the star is determined to be 4.09.
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Some of its parameters were also derived, including its effective temperature andsurfacegravity.
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The mass, radius,surfacegravity, and rotation period can then be estimated based on stellar models.
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For instance, for a vertical cylinder insurfacegravitywaves this requires that the diameter of the cylinder is much smaller than the wavelength.
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In contrast to the first and second species, the long period tidal forcings occur sufficiently slowly that they do not excitesurfacegravitywaves.
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It is sometimes useful to calculate thesurfacegravityof simple hypothetical objects which are not found in nature.
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Analysis of the spectrum can also reveal thesurfacegravityof the star.
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