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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 969 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and See also:Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. See also:Sturm; the See also:root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)  , a disturbance of the See also:atmosphere, accompanied by high winds or by heavy falls of See also:rain, See also:hail or See also:snow, together with See also:thunder and See also:lightning . The word is not a See also:part of scientific terminology, such terms as " See also:area of See also:low pressure " and " See also:cyclone " being used . In the See also:Beaufort See also:scale (q.v.) the See also:wind-force of a See also:storm is estimated at 10-11 and the limit of velocity at from 56 to 75 M. per See also:hour .

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