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Buys Ballot's law — In meteorology, Buys Ballot s law may be expressed as follows: In the Northern Hemisphere, stand with your back to the wind; the low pressure area will be on your left. This is because wind travels counterclockwise around low pressure zones in… … Wikipedia
Buys-Ballot's law — /buys beuh lots /, 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:… … Useful english dictionary
Buys Ballot's law — ▪ atmospheric science the relation of wind direction with the horizontal pressure distribution named for the Dutch meteorologist C.H.D. Buys Ballot (Buys Ballot, Christophorus), who first stated it in 1857. He derived the law empirically,… … Universalium
Buys Ballot’s Law — The law states that if an observer stands with his back to the wind, then the lower pressure will be on his left in the Northern Hemisphere, and on the right in the Southern Hemisphere. The law is named after Christoph Hendrik Diedrik Buys Ballot … Aviation dictionary
Buys Ballot's Law — /bis bəˈlɒts lɔ/ (say bees buh lots law), /bɔɪs/ (say boys) noun the principle that in the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric pressure is higher on the left when facing into the wind; in the Southern Hemisphere it is higher on the right. {named… …
buys ballot's law — ˈbīsbəˈläts , ˈbȯis noun Usage: usually capitalized both Bs Etymology: after C.H.D. Buys Ballot died 1890 Dutch meteorologist : a law in meteorology: when the observer has his back to the wind the lower barometric pressure is to his left in the… … Useful english dictionary
Buys Ballot’s law — if someone in Northern Hemisphere stands with back to wind, atmospheric pressure will be lower to his left hand than to his right, and the reverse in Southern Hemisphere … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Buys Ballot, Christophorus — ▪ Dutch meteorologist born October 10, 1817, Kloetinge, Neth. died February 3, 1890, Utrecht Dutch meteorologist particularly remembered for his observation in 1857 that the wind tends to blow at right angles to the atmospheric pressure… … Universalium
C. H. D. Buys Ballot — Buys Ballot redirects here. For the lunar crater, see Buys Ballot (crater). C. H. D. Buys Ballot C. H. D. Buys Ballot … Wikipedia
BUYS BALLOT, Christophorus Henricus Diederlcus — (1817–1890) Chemist and physicist. After studying mathematics and physics at Utrecht University, Buys Ballot became a lecturer in geology and mineralogy. In 1847, he was appointed professor of mathematics at the same university, and in 1867,… … Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands
