单词 | squall line |
释义 | squall lineSEE SYNONYMS FOR squall line ON THESAURUS.COM noun Meteorology.a line or extended narrow region within which squalls or thunderstorms occur, often several hundred miles long. Words nearby squall linesquad room, squadsman, squalene, squalid, squall, squall line, squally, squalor, squam-, squama, squamate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for squall linesquall line nouna narrow zone along a cold front along which squalls occurSee also line squall Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for squall linesquall line A line of sudden, sometimes violent thunderstorms that develop on the leading edge of a cold front. Squall lines can form up to 80 to 240 km (50 to 149 mi) in front of an advancing cold front and can be more than 160 km (99 mi) long. The thunderstorms of a squall line can produce severe weather conditions, such as hail and rain accompanied by winds of over 96 km (60 mi) per hour; they are also associated with tornadoes, especially in spring and early summer. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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