Seizures and Epilepsy. A seizure occurs when a burst of electrical impulses in the brain escape their normal limits. They spread to neighboring areas and create an uncontrolled storm of electrical activity. The electrical impulses can be transmitted to the muscles, causing twitches or convulsions.
Definition of BAROCLINIC. : relating to a state of a fluid (such as the atmosphere) in which surfaces of constant pressure intersect those of constant density â compare barotropic.
The baroclinic leaf develops within a baroclinic zone (figure 3b), although there is no distinct frontal cloud band yet. Comparing the position of the jet to that of the leaf reveals that the jet maximum is located upstream of the leaf, and that the jet is digging into the cloud band from behind, as anticipated.