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StormStorm Storm, n.
Anticyclonic storm (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a
central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a
system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction
contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low
temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often
by clear sky. Called also high-area storm,
anticyclone. When attended by high winds, snow, and
freezing temperatures such storms have various local
names, as blizzard, wet norther, purga, buran,
etc.
Cyclonic storm. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See
Cyclone, above. Stovain Sto"va*in, n. Also -ine -ine
. [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer,
Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.)
A substance, C14H22O2NCl, the hydrochloride of an amino
compound containing benzol, used, in solution with
strychnine, as a local an[ae]sthetic, esp. by injection into
the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[ae]sthesia below
the point of introduction. Storm
Storm Storm, v. i. [Cf. AS. styrman.]
1. To raise a tempest. --Spenser.
2. To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the
like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; --
used impersonally; as, it storms.
3. To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.
The master storms, the lady scolds. --Swift.
StormStorm Storm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stormed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Storming.] (Mil.)
To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls,
forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a
fortified town. StormStorm Storm, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel.
stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow,
to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf.
Stratum). [root]166.]
1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind,
rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often,
a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied
with wind or not.
We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no
shelter to avoid the storm. --Shak.
2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political,
or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war;
violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
I will stir up in England some black storm. --Shak.
Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm.
--Shak.
3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous
force; violence.
A brave man struggling in the storms of fate.
--Pope.
4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious
attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by
scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.
Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained
compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof,
storm-tossed, and the like.
Magnetic storm. See under Magnetic.
Storm-and-stress period [a translation of G. sturm und
drang periode], a designation given to the literary
agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under
the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the
18th century.
Storm center (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by
a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.
Storm door (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the
entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in
summer.
Meaning of Storm from wikipedia
- A
storm is any
disturbed state of the
natural environment or the
atmosphere of an
astronomical body.[citation needed] It may be
marked by significant...
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Storm or
storm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
storm is a
severe weather condition.
Storm(s) or The
Storm may also
refer to:
Storm Bay, Tasmania...
- and
extremely destructive Atlantic hurricane season,
producing 18
named storms, 11 hurricanes, and 5
major hurricanes; it was also the
first since 2019...
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named storms. The
season runs
throughout 2024,
though most
tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The season's
first named storm, Ewiniar...
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Storm petrel or
stormy petrel may
refer to one of two bird families, both in the
order Procellariiformes, once
treated as the same family. Up and down...
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Storm Management is a
British model agency based in Chelsea, London.
Storm was
founded in 1987 by
Sarah Doukas in London.
Doukas discovered Kate Moss,...
- A
storm surge,
storm flood,
tidal surge, or
storm tide is a
coastal flood or tsunami-like
phenomenon of
rising water commonly ****ociated with low-pressure...
- The
Carrington Event was the most
intense geomagnetic storm in
recorded history,
peaking on 1–2
September 1859
during solar cycle 10. It
created strong...
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storm trooper may
refer to:
Stormtroopers (Imperial Germany),
specialist soldier of the
German Army in
World War I
Sturmabteilung (SA) or
Storm Detachment...
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weakening to
tropical storm strength over
southern Florida,
Katrina entered the Gulf of
Mexico on August 26 and
rapidly intensified. The
storm strengthened into...
