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Tornado :: Tornado (n.) 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..

Aerolitic :: Aerolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to aerolites; meteoric; as, aerolitic iron..

Meteorometer :: Meteorometer (n.) An apparatus which transmits automatically to a central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, etc..

Meteorolite :: Meteorolite (n.) A meteoric stone; an aerolite; a meteorite.

Weather :: Weather (v. i.) To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather..

Widmanstatten Figures :: Widmanstatten figures () Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite..

Oligosiderite :: Oligosiderite (n.) A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.

Meteoromancy :: Meteoromancy (n.) A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans..

Chondritic :: Chondritic (a.) Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites..

Meteorological :: Meteorological (a.) Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology..

Meteorography :: Meteorography (n.) The registration of meteorological phenomena.

Meteorographic :: Meteorographic (a.) Of or pertaining to meteorography.

Exhalation :: Exhalation (n.) A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

Meteoroidal :: Meteoroidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids.

Meteorical :: Meteorical (a.) Meteoric.

Waterspout :: Waterspout (n.) A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land..

Physiognomy :: Physiognomy (n.) The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor..

Astrometeorology :: Astrometeorology (n.) The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather..

Meteorism :: Meteorism (n.) Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites.

Meteoric :: Meteoric (a.) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame..

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