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supercells

supercells is the plural of supercell.

Meaning of supercell

Noun

supercell (plural supercells)

  1. A severe thunderstorm with updrafts and downdrafts that are in near balance, allowing the storm to maintain itself for several hours. Supercells often produce large hail, powerful downpours, very strong winds and sometimes tornadoes.
    • They watched the supercell that spawned the F5 killer that struck Oklahoma City spit out one tornado after another. In two cases, the researchers believe, the Dopplers captured tornadoes being formed — including the Oklahoma City monster.1999 May 11, William K. Stevens, “Oklahoma Tornado Offers Hints Of How a Killer Storm Is Born”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. A repeating unit cell of a crystal that contains several primitive cells.

Questions about supercells

What is supercells the plural of?
Supercells is the plural of supercell.

Words near supercells in the dictionary

  1. supercelebrities
  2. supercelebrity
  3. supercelestial
  4. supercelestially
  5. supercell
  6. supercells
  7. supercellular
  8. supercentenarian
  9. supercentenarians
  10. supercenter
  11. supercenters

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