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Ekman

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1. Ekman - Noun

2. Ekman - Proper noun

Meaning

Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954)

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Based on Nansen's observations of ocean currents recorded during the Fram expedition, Ekman concluded that the effect of wind on the sea's surface produced currents which "formed something like a spiral staircase, down towards the depths". Source: Internet

Even acting behind a sizable amount of old-age make-up, the Swedish actor Gösta Ekman gives a relatively restrained performance as Faust. Source: Internet

Here she talks about preparing to dance Three by Ekman at the Isaac Theatre Royal. Source: Internet

In the early 1970s, Paul Ekman and colleagues began a line of research which suggests that many emotions are universal. Source: Internet

In the ocean they drive large-scale circulation patterns as well as Kelvin waves and Ekman spirals at the ocean surface. Source: Internet

Produced by commercial television channel TV4, it starred Gösta Ekman as "Victor Melldrov" and Lena Söderblom as his wife. Source: Internet

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