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beaufort scale
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun beaufort scale has 2 senses
- beaufort scale(n = noun.linkdef) wind scale - an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane); Array has parts: calm, calm air, light air, light breeze, gentle breeze, moderate breeze, fresh breeze, strong breeze, moderate gale, near gale, fresh gale, strong gale, whole gale, storm, violent storm, hurricane
- beaufort scale(n = noun.quantity) Array - a scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind; Array is a kind of metric, system of measurement
is a kind of graduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement
OXFORD DICTIONARY
beaufort scale, n. a scale of wind speed ranging from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane).
Etymology
Sir F. Beaufort, Engl. admiral d. 1857
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