单词 | Beaufort scale |
释义 | Beaufort scale /boh"feuhrt/, (no longer in technical use) 1. a scale of wind forces, described by name and range of velocity, and classified as from force 0 to force 12, or, sometimes, to force 17. 2. a scale of the states of sea created by winds of these various forces up to and including force 10. [1855-60; named after Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857), British admiral who devised it] |
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