stormwise
stormwise adjective: relating to, or taking place during, a storm.
Adjective (1)
stormwise (not comparable)
- Relating to, or taking place during, a storm.
- If daily or stormwise total rainfall amounts are concerned these results are not directly applicable because in this case it is not possible to convert the time variation of daily rainfall to space variation.1981, International Conference on Radar Meteorology, page 180
- The Williams model may have given better results because it is a stormwise model and in the laboratory model, experiment is conducted for a short span of time, which may be simulating a storm.2001, Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, volume 29, page 124
Adjective (2)
stormwise (comparative more stormwise, superlative most stormwise)
- Having knowledge and experience of storms.
- Almost a footnote really, the inscription nonetheless implies a historical standard, a reference to an earlier, and perhaps even more intense, hurricane that stormwise New Englanders still tell tales about.2010, David Longshore, Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones, New Edition, page 312
Forms of stormwise
| comparative | more stormwise |
|---|---|
| superlative | most stormwise |
Origin of stormwise
From storm + -wise.
From storm + wise.
Questions about stormwise
- What does stormwise mean?
- Stormwise means relating to, or taking place during, a storm.
- What part of speech is stormwise?
- Stormwise is an adjective.
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