Hurricane vs Prehurricane - What's the difference?
hurricane | prehurricane |
(en noun)
A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea]], Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North [[Pacific Ocean, Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 74 miles per hour (119 kph) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
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(meteorology) a wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm
(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
Occurring before a hurricane.
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As a proper noun hurricane
is a british fighter aircraft used during world war ii, especially during the battle of britain.As an adjective prehurricane is
occurring before a hurricane.hurricane
English
(Tropical cyclone)Etymology 1
From (etyl) , ultimately from the name of the (etyl) storm god Juracán whom the Taínos believed dwelled on El Yunque mountain and, when he was upset, sent the strong winds and rain upon them.Noun
citation, passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes .}}
Coordinate terms
* (type of a cyclone) cyclone, tropical storm, typhoon * (meteorology) breeze, gale, stormSee also
* * anticyclone * windEtymology 2
Coined by Jeret PetersonNoun
(en noun)See also
* (freestyle aerial skiing) rudy, randy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, slap-back, stretchAnagrams
* Terms derived from Mayan languagesprehurricane
English
Adjective
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