Ekman

/ ˈɛkman /

noun

1. EkmanVagn Walfrid18741954MSwedishSCIENCE: oceanographer Vagn Walfrid (vaɣ ^ən wɑːlfriːd). 1874–1954 Swedish oceanographer: discoverer of the Ekman Spirat (a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces) and the Ekman Layer (the thin top layer of the sea that flows at 90° to the wind direction)

Example Sentences

Student Linnea Ekman didn’t see any increased threat, pointing out that Article 5 does not require sending troops.

From Seattle Times

From here, a process called 'Ekman transport' helped to move the salt onto the northern flank of the of Maud Rise, where the polynya first formed.

From Science Daily

“What makes you such an easy target for lying is if the lie that you’re being told is something you’d like to believe,” says Paul Ekman, a retired research psychologist and author of “Telling Lies.”

From Washington Post

According to Paul Ekman, the staff of these companies and agencies – how many is unclear — have taken his classes on how to detect lies based on so-called "micro-expressions."

From Salon

"Across all categories we see the system becoming more mature and stable", said Hakan Ekman, one of the study's authors. umlaut conducted a similar ranking in 2020 in California.

From Reuters