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Abstract:
The terms ‘whirlwind’ (Indonesian pusaran angin, angin puyuh) and ‘whirlpool’ (Indonesian pusaran air) usually show up as definitions in our indigenous language dictionaries. However both the English and Indonesian terms can be ambiguous. In this paper I mention more than a dozen different natural phenomena that involve wind or water rotating about an axis—from tornadoes to fire whirls, from tidal maelstroms to river eddies—with the aim of helping us to write clearer, more precise definitions.
Series:
Sulang Language Data and Working Papers: Topics in Lexicography
Series Number:
030
Publisher:
Sulawesi Language Alliance
Year Published:
2017
Publication Language(s):
English
Contributor(s):
Mead, David
author
Table of Contents:
Tropical cyclones; Tornadoes; Waterspouts; Landspouts; Gustnadoes; Supercells; Hail; Downbursts; Foehn winds; Dust whirls; Fire whirls; Wind eddies; Smoke swirls; Eddies; Maelstroms; Whirlpools; Hair whorls; Swirl (pattern); Spiral (pattern); References;
Version History:
Version 1 [29 April 2017] Initial draft January 2014.
Copyright:
© 2017 by David Mead
License:
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