super outbreak
super outbreak noun: a large tornado outbreak involving more than fifty tornadoes within a 24-hour period.
Noun
super outbreak (plural super outbreaks)
- A large tornado outbreak involving more than fifty tornadoes within a 24-hour period.
- Cycloidal ground marks were replete in the super-outbreak. Figure 3.35 illustrates the small cycloidal swaths of the Anchor, Illinois, tornado and the giant cycloidal swaths of the Homer Lake, Indiana, tornado.1983, Robert F. Abbey Jr., T. Theodore Fujita, “Tornadoes: The Tornado Outbreak of 3-4 April 1974”, in Edwin Kessler, editor, The Thunderstorm in Human Affairs, page 62
- The tornado Super Outbreak of 2011 was the largest in US history. From April 26 to April 28, more than 300 tornadoes spun across the eastern United States.2012, Kristen Rajczak, Terrifying Tornadoes, page 22
Forms of super outbreak
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Origin of super outbreak
From super + outbreak (“tornado outbreak”). Coined by Dr. Tetsuya Theordore "Ted" Fujita in 1974, after a then-recent outbreak of tornadoes that was the largest known to have occurred.
Questions about super outbreak
- What does super outbreak mean?
- Super outbreak means a large tornado outbreak involving more than fifty tornadoes within a 24-hour period.
- What part of speech is super outbreak?
- Super outbreak is a noun.
- What is the plural of super outbreak?
- The plural of super outbreak is super outbreaks.
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