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Beaufort scale, n.

a scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind
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Beaufort scale

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hypernym

system of measurement, metric

an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)
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Beaufort scale wind scale

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part meronym

calm air, calm light air light breeze gentle breeze moderate breeze fresh breeze strong breeze moderate gale, near gale fresh gale strong gale whole gale storm, violent storm hurricane

hypernym

scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series