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noun
- A strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through 9 winds on the 12 step Beaufort scale.
- An outburst, especially of laughter.
- a of laughter
- A shrub, sweet gale (Myrica gale) growing on moors and fens.
- (archaic) A light breeze.
- (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
- Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due. Definition from 1913 Webster.
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adjective
- (Meteorology). Referring to the balance, in the atmosphere, between the horizontal coriolis forces and the horizonal pressure forces.
- (Meteorology). Relates to or arises from the deflective force exerted on the atmosphere due to the rotation of the earth.
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noun
- Meteorology. A wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the horizontal pressure gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.
- Meteorology. That horizontal wind velocity for which the coriolis force exactly balances the horizontal pressure gradient force. The geostrophic wind is thus directed along the contour lines on a constant-pressure surface (or along the isobars in a geopotential surface) with low elevations (or low pressure) to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.
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noun (plural: glories)
- Great beauty or splendour, of such overwhelmingness that it is considered powerful.
- honour, Honour and valour.
- worship, Worship or praise, as in glory to God.
- optical, Optical phenomenon caused by water dropplets.
verb (glor, i, ed)
- To exult with joy; to rejoice.
- 1891: w:Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hardy, s:Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- : He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.
- To boast; to be proud.
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noun
- (meteorology) A horizontal wind velocity tangent to the contour line of a constant pressure surface (or to the isobar of a geopotential surface) at or above 2,500 feet (762 meters).
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noun
- See air drainage and katabatic wind.
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| greenhouse effect |
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noun
- (ecology) (with the) The process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere. (Do not confuse with global warming.)
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| gregale |
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noun
- a strong Mediterranean wind blowing from the north-east
- 1963: The dog days have ended, the maijstral has ceased to blow. Soon the other wind called will bring the gentle rains to solemnize the sowing of our red wheat. " Thomas Pynchon, V.
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