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hurricane-force wind

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: hurricane-force wind
 
(′hər·ə′kān ′förs ′wind)

(meteorology) In the Beaufort wind scale, a wind whose speed is 64 knots (117 kilometers per hour) or higher.


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