(n.) A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour.
Example Sentences:
(1) Canterbury and Christchurch in the South Island were expected to bear the brunt of ex-cyclone Debbie, with rain expected to ease in the North Island later on Thursday.
(2) Tun Lwin, the retired director general of Myanmar's meteorology department told the Associated Press: "We are out of danger and the impact of the cyclone is almost over.
(3) On the issue of whether climate change is influencing tropical cyclones, the group said: "No firm conclusion can be made at this point".
(4) Those that do exist bear Saudi Arabia's logo, but they are torn and thin – leftovers from a huge aid donation during cyclone Nargis.
(5) Although the scientists said they were still unsure whether a warming climate would result in an increase in the frequency of hurricanes and other tropical cyclones, there was a stark warning for the northern hemisphere, and areas of Europe and North America where currently hurricanes hardly ever happen.
(6) The Chatham Islands were also likely to be exposed In Fiji the education minister ordered schools to close although it was not thought the cyclone would heavily affect his country.
(7) Cyclones will wrack the coast more frequently, and with more intensity.
(8) Pentecost largely escaped the severe damage inflicted on much of the archipelago by the cyclone, he said.
(9) According to the Climate Council , heatwaves have killed more Australians than any other natural hazards and have caused more deaths since 1890 than bushfires, cyclones, earthquakes, floods and severe storms combined.
(10) Vanuatu disaster: follow the Guardian's reporter on the ground in the wake of cyclone Pam Read more Little is still known of conditions on the ground in outlying islands after Pam wiped out the archipelago’s wider telecommunications network.
(11) A tiny snapshot of recent results from NCRIS programs includes a nano-patch to deliver vaccines without the need for refrigeration, making an obvious life-saving difference for remote Australians and the health of our region; use of marine models and data to search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370; and the weather-prediction technology that picked up the recent Northern Territory and Queensland cyclones.
(12) Measured sampler penetration curves are presented for British personal cyclone samplers and the MRE 113A static horizontal elutriator in calm air.
(13) "We won't just be looking at the increase in shipping, but also issues such as how climate change and the recent cyclone and extreme weather has affected the reef," she said.
(14) We could have done much more to work with Vanuatu long before the cyclone struck in order to reduce the disaster potential.
(15) Sharknado, a satirical disaster film featuring man-eating sharks let loose on Los Angeles by a freak cyclone, premiered on SyFy in 2013 and became a cult hit, gaining some traction later as a theatrical release.
(16) A cold front is expected to move through the area on Tuesday, bringing rain, more low cloud and less visibility, although a tropical cyclone is thought to be too far north to affect the area.
(17) In the morning Mael told her son – still oblivious to the cyclone– not to open his eyes until they arrived at her parents’ house.
(18) His researchers have recorded sea levels in the Bay of Bengal rising far faster than the global average, and more cyclones hammering the coast.
(19) Lizard Island has just rebuilt their resort after the cyclone.
(20) In spite of early detection of atmospheric turbulence and the history of severe cyclones in the area, an estimated 11,000 people lost their lives.
Twister
Definition:
(n.) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
(n.) The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
(n.) A girder.
(n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
Example Sentences:
(1) Comparison between twister and digits yielded ten cases of twister preference, four of digit preference and twenty cases of overlap.
(2) Noel plummeted all the way to No 6, where he was picked up by the New Orleans Pelicans – who sadly robbed us of a classic tongue-twister, "New Orleans' Nerlens Noel", by trading him to the Philadelphia 76ers.
(3) The automatic wire twister reduces the time needed for wire twisting without altering the security of the twisted wire.
(4) Depth of modulation on the twister device was twice that on a proximal device in nine cases whereas one case showed a proximal device preference; five cases showed overlap.
(5) This paper deals with the vibration analysis of a blood processor centrifuge with an anti-twister mechanism.
(6) Kidron's footage of the event has the appearance of a 60s peace festival, shiny happy people holding hands, playing Twister in the park, dancing and singing and laughing together.
(7) But as soon as the consequences of that exercise in democracy loomed – and it appeared that many Tory MPs would vote in favour – the government panicked and the arm twisters were called into action to throttle the voice of the people.
(8) Along with her work for the BBC, Bradbury has also presented ITV gameshow Take on the Twisters.
(9) These include a Lego version of the Mines of Moria sequence from the Lord of the Rings films and an electronic dance version of Hasbro's popular family game Twister.
(10) 'McAllister proves to be a bit of a tongue-twister for some, and he is usually nicknamed "Mac".
(11) The surgical instrument most important for making wire fixation highly successful is a tightener-twister which protects wire loops from excessive strain during application, and permits twisting at a predetermined and therefore reproducible tension.
(12) Nine-hundred and eighty-one right-handed and 55 left-handed subjects were required to tap with a pen for 10 secs between targets 6 cm apart whilst either saying nothing, reciting a tongue-twister or saying la-la.
(13) This study reports on the laboratory elicitation of sublexical speech errors by means of tongue twisters.
(14) Blood processors that employ anti-twister mechanisms are becoming increasingly popular because they cause relatively less damage to the blood than the conventional ones, which employ rotating seals.
(15) Of the 2 twist-knot devices, the Rhinelander wire tightener-twister produced the greatest resistance to knot failure.
(16) Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider, a former contestant on Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice TV show, said the tycoon had asked permission to use Twister Sister’s song We’re Not Gonna Take It at the end of his rallies, and he had been happy to agree.
(17) The top 13 in full Cabbage Patch Kids, JAKKS Pacific, RRP £29.99 Furby, Hasbro, RRP £59.99 InnoTab 2, Vtech, RRP £84.99 Jake and the Neverland Pirates – Pirate Ship Bucky, Mattel, RRP £49.99 LeapPad 2, Leapfrog Toys, RRP £89.99 Lego Friends: Olivia's House, Lego, RRP £69.99 Lego The Lord of the Rings: The Mines of Moria, Lego, £68.99 Mike the Knight's Deluxe Glendragon Playset, Character Options, £29.99 Monster High Ghouls Rule Dolls, Mattel, RRP £22.99 My Moshi Home, Vivid Imaginations, RRP £39.99 Nerf N-Strike Elite Hail-Fire, Hasbro, RRP £44.99 Twister Dance, Hasbro, RRP £26.99 Web Shooting Spider-Man, Hasbro, RRP £34.99
(18) Also on the site this week Christmas toys 2012: Furbys and Twister take parents back to the future Same-sex Mamas & Papas adverts 'celebrate modern family set-ups' Consumer borrowing surges On Saturday As well as travel insurance and Hurricane Sandy, Saturday's Guardian Money will look at how to beat the payday loan sharks and the best new 0% deals on credit cards.
(19) He was one of a team of tornado-chasers in the blockbuster Twister (1996), produced by Steven Spielberg .
(20) Testing has found that the ultimate force required to disrupt the wires twisted by either the automatic wire twister or manual techniques did not differ significantly and was directly related to the number of twists.