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tornade

tornade is the obsolete form of tornado.

Meaning of tornado

Noun

tornado (plural tornadoes or tornados)

  1. A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
    • An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.2013 March, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 01 May 2013, page 114
    Synonyms:
    twister, whirlstorm

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Forms of tornade

pluraltornades

Questions about tornade

What is tornade the obsolete form of?
Tornade is the obsolete form of tornado.

Words near tornade in the dictionary

  1. torn write
  2. Tornabene
  3. Tornabenes
  4. tornachile
  5. tornachiles
  6. tornade
  7. tornades
  8. tornadic
  9. tornadic waterspout
  10. tornadic waterspouts
  11. tornado

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