stormwise

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adjective

Relating to, or taking place during, a storm.

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Meanings

stormwise1

adjectivestormwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableclimatologyRelating to, or taking place during, a storm.

    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
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    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

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adjectivestormwise (comparative more stormwise, superlative most stormwise)

comparative more stormwise · superlative most stormwise

  1. rareHaving 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

Origin

stormwise · adjective

From storm + wise.

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