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Beaufort scale (iou)



Beaufort scale noun phr. M19.
[Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857), English admiral.]
A scale of whole numbers denoting ranges of wind speed, from 0 for 0-0.2 metres per second (calm) to 12 for over 32.6 metres per second (hurricane).
? The scale is sometimes extended to higher numbers.