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Beaufort scale

DEFINITIONS OF: Beaufort scale

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

Type of:
metric, system of measurement
a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

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

Synonyms:
wind scale
Type of:
graduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement
an ordered reference standard
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