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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Foehn (0.00846 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: foehn
foehn
n : a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the
Alps [syn:
fohn]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Foehn
Foehn
\Foehn\, n. [G. dial. (Swiss), fr. L. Favonius west wind.
Cf.
Favonian.] (Meteor.)
(a) A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys
of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center
passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by
compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches
the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm.
(b) Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the
world.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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