Look up: Hurricane

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   Hurricane
   Hurricane is a township in Fayette County Illinois, USA Hurricane is a city in Putnam County West Virginia, USA Hurricane is a city in Washington County Utah, USA Hurricane is a township in Carroll County Missouri, USA
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   Hurricane
   The Hawker Hurricane was a British fighter aircraft of the Second World War. It was armed with 12 machine guns and powered by a single 1030hp Rolls-Royce engine giving it a top speed of 335mph.
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   Hurricane
   A cyclonic storm, usually of tropic origin, covering an extensive area, and containing winds in excess of 75 miles per hour.
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   Hurricane
   A tropical revolving storm with sustained wind speeds of more than 118 km/h (73 mph). Also known as a typhoon or cyclone.
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   hurricane
   [n] - a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
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   hurricane
   (Learning Modules / Geography / Weather forecasting) A cyclone with windspeeds in excess of 120 kph is a hurricane in the Atlantic, a typhoon in the western Pacific or a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean. The winds circulate anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere.
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   Hurricane
   (1) A wind of 'Force 12' (e.g. maximum) on the Beaufort Scale of wind force. Rarely experienced except in tropical revolving storms or tornadoes. Velocity of 75+ m.p.h.
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   Hurricane
   Hurricane: A regionally specific name for a strong tropical cyclone. The term hurricane applies in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E. Other terms for the same type of storm, a strong tropical cyclone, include typhoon (in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the datelin ...
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   hurricane
   term first applied to tropical cyclones of the Caribbean Sea. By extension, to any tropical cyclone in which the wind attains great violence; by convention, to a wind of force 12 on the Beaufort scale; A tropical cyclone of wind force 12 on the Beaufort scale, that is, more than 58 knots. Hurricanes of the West Indies, Western Pacific typhoons and Bay of Bengal cyclones are essentially the same ph...
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    Hurricane
    Hur'ri·cane noun [ Spanish hurracan ; orig. a Carib word signifying, a high wind.] A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively. « Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd.» Tennyson. « Each guilty ...
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    hurricane
    A violent storm, characterised by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively. 'Like the smoke in a hurricane whirl'd.' (Tennyson) 'Each guilty thought to me is A dreadful hurricane. ... <zoology> ' (Massinger) H ...
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    Hurricane
    • (n.) A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively.
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    hurricane
    local name in the Caribbean, North Atlantic, and eastern North Pacific regions for a large tropical cyclone.[22 related articles]
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    Hurricane
    British single-seat fighter aircraft manufactured by Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., in the 1930s and `40s. The Hurricane was numerically the most important ... [5 related articles]
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    Hurricane
    An intense cyclonic storm consisting of an organized mass of thunderstorms that develops over the warm oceans of the tropics. To be classified as a hurricane, winds speeds in the storm must be greater than 118 kilometers per hour.
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    HURRICANE
    The name for a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour (65 knots) or greater in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. This same tropical cyclone is known as a typhoon in the western Pacific and a cyclone in the Indian Ocean. Related term: Dave's Dictionary
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    Hurricane
    See Cyclone
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    hurricane
    hurricane, tropical cyclone in which winds attain speeds greater than 74 mi (119 km) per hr. Wind speeds reach over 190 mi (289 km) per hr in some hurricanes. The term is often restricted to those storms occurring over the N Atlantic Ocean; the identical phenomenon occurring over the W Pacific Ocean...
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