Meaning of WHIRLWIND
| Pronunciation: | | 'wurl`wind
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth |
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WHIRLWIND is a 9 letter word that starts with W. |
| | See Also: | | dust devil, windstorm | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Whirl"wind`\, n. [Cf. Icel. hvirfilvindr, Sw.
hvirfvelvind, Dan. hvirvelvind, G. wirbelwind. See {Whirl},
and {Wind}, n.]
1. A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado,
characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with
an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It
usually has a rapid progressive motion.
The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods. And
drowns the villages. --Bryant.
Note: Some meteorologists apply the word whirlwind to the
larger rotary storm also, such as cyclones.
2. Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward. ``The
whirlwind of hounds and hunters.'' --Macaulay.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | An early computer from the mit research laboratory for electronics. Whirlwind used electrostatic memory and ran laning and zierler (1953); and algebraic, comprehensive and summer session (all 1959). |
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are in the path of a whirlwind means changes which may lead to loss, chaos and scandal. You are being pulled unwillingly into a facing your repressed thoughts. |
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