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tornadoes |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tornado \Tor*na"do\, n.; pl {Tornadoes}. [From Sp or Pg tornar to turn, return, L. tornare to turn, hence a whirling wind. The Sp & Pg tornada is a return. See {Turn}.] 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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