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A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.
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What is the definition or description of tornadoes?
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Are tornado associated with thunder storms?
Yes, by definition a tornado is produced by s thunderstorm.
Use the definition of teleology in a sentence?
the teleology of a tornado is uncertain
What are are tornadoes?
There is no such thing as an actual tornado underwater, as a tornado is, by definition, a vortex of air. However, a vortex underwater is called a whirlpool.
Is a whirlwind a mild tornado?
No. A tornado is a very intense kind of whirlwind but most whirlwinds are not tornadoes. By definition a tornado is associated with a thunderstorm and connects to both the ground and the cloud base.
Is a whirlpool a underwater tornado?
No. A whirlpool is simply a vortex in water. A tornado is a very specific kind of vortex that by definition take place in air.
What is the name for a tornado underwater?
maelstrom (whirlpool), though it should be noted that this should be called an underwater vortex as, by definition, a tornado is a vortex of air.
Are tornadoes violent?
Yes. Part of a definition of a tornado is that it is a "violently rotating column of air."
What is a rotating cone-shaped column of air extending downward from a cloud when it touches the ground that's a type of tornado?
A tornado is a rotating column of air that extends downward from a cloud and touches the ground.
What is a tornado made of air?
A tornado is primarily composed of rotating air that forms a violently swirling column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. This rotating air can reach extremely high wind speeds and is capable of causing significant damage.
Are tornadoes in tornado alley violent?
A tornado anywhere is a violent event. If you mean by the technical definition of a violent tornado, one rated EF4 or EF5, such tornadoes do occur fairly regularly in Tornado Alley, but make up a very small minority of the tornadoes that occur there. As with most places, most of the tornadoes in Tornado Alley are rated EF0 or EF1.
Do all tornadoes touch the Earth's surface?
It depends what you call a tornado. Most tornado-like clouds do not touch the earth's surface. Some say that until it touches the ground it is not a tornado but a funnel cloud; however the definition of a tornado does not state that it must touch the ground. It all depends on what you're taught.
