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English noun: Beaufort scale | |||
| 1. | Beaufort scale an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane) | ||
| Synonyms | wind scale | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | graduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement | ||
| Part holonym | calm, calm air, fresh breeze, fresh gale, gentle breeze, hurricane, light air, light breeze, moderate breeze, moderate gale, near gale, storm, strong breeze, strong gale, violent storm, whole gale | ||
| 2. | Beaufort scale (quantity) a scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | metric, system of measurement | ||
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