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hypercanes

hypercanes is the plural of hypercane.

Meaning of hypercane

Noun

hypercane (plural hypercanes)

  1. (rare) A hypothetical class of an extremely severe hurricane with ocean temperatures reaching approximately 50 °C (122 °F) and formed by significant conditions, such as extensive global warming, having wind speeds exceeding 800 kilometers per hour (500 mph).
    • Moreover, as Hecht reported, “The Sun’s ultraviolet radiation would act on stratospheric water droplets to form hydroxyl radicals. Together with chlorine from saltwater thrown up by the hypercane these radicals could destroy vast quantities of stratospheric ozone. UV radiation would then reach the...1940, Current Biography Yearbook, H. W. Wilson, page 181

Questions about hypercanes

What is hypercanes the plural of?
Hypercanes is the plural of hypercane.

Words near hypercanes in the dictionary

  1. hypercalls
  2. hypercaloric
  3. hypercalorific
  4. hypercalprotectinemia
  5. hypercane
  6. hypercanes
  7. hypercannibalism
  8. hypercannon
  9. hypercannons
  10. hypercapillarization
  11. hypercapitalism

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