Squall

Squall

A brief sudden and violent wind storm, often accompanied by rain or snow.

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Industry/Domain: Natural environment
Category: Coral reefs
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squall

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A brief sudden and violent wind storm, often accompanied by rain or snow.

squall

Weather; Meteorology

1. A strong wind characterized by a sudden onset, a duration of the order of minutes, and then a rather sudden decrease in speed. In U. S. Observational practice, a squall is ...

squall

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A violent wind that begins suddenly, lasts for a short time, and dies suddenly. It is sometimes associated with a temporary change of direction.

squall

Science; General science

A strong wind with sudden onset and more gradual decline, lasting for several minutes. Wind speeds in squalls commonly reach 30–60 mi/h (13–27 m/s), with a succession of brief ...

squall

Sports; Sailing & yachting

A short and sudden windstorm, which often has rain with it.

squall

Weather; General weather

A sudden onset of strong winds with speeds increasing to at least 16 knots (18 miles per hour) and sustained at 22 or more knots (25 miles per hour) for at least one minute. The ...

nodulose

Natural environment; Coral reefs

With small nodules, knobs or swellings.

fissure

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.

damselfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of ...

complementary resources

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pair of resources for which consumption by the consumer of one resource reduces its requirement for the other.

antennule

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small antenna, especially the first pair of antennae in crustaceans.

odontophore

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tooth-bearing structure found in most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which support the radula and radula sac; the term is also applied ...

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