microbreaking

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ breaking.

Noun

microbreaking (uncountable)

1. The formation of microbreaks in breaking waves
   • 2015, Clifford Chafin, “The Absence of Stokes Drift in Waves”, in arXiv‎:

     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.