(meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
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Pressure sensation
the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"
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a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyn…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.meteorology of climates and their phenomena
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
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treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the ba…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remain…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distingu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: somatic, sensation, results, applying, force.
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