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Beaufort Scale

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Noun

1. beaufort scale, wind scale

an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)

2. beaufort scale

a scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Beaufort Scale

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noun
meteorology
an international scale of wind velocities ranging for practical purposes from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane force). In the US an extension of the scale, from 13 to 17 for winds over 64 knots, is used

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Beaufort Scale

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a scale of wind force and speed
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Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Beaufort Scale

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n.
A scale of wind force ranging from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane), corresponding with the velocity of wind at a set distance above ground or sea level.

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