Eötvös

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eötvös [′ət·vəsh]

(geophysics)

A unit of horizontal gradient of gravitational acceleration, equal to a change in gravitational acceleration of 10^-9galileo over a horizontal distance of 1 centimeter.

Eötvös

(also Eötvös unit), a subsidiary unit of gradient of acceleration of free fall in a gravitational field, equal to a change in acceleration of 10^–6 m/sec² upon a change in altitude of 1 km—that is, equal to 10^–9 sec^–2. The unit is named for L. von Eötvös.

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