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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 125 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SURGE , in See also:

METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

meteorology, an irregular fluctuation of the See also:

BAROMETER (from Gr. (3apoc, pressure, and µETpov, measure)

barometer, extending over a See also:

long See also:

period (e.g. a See also:

month), in contradistinction to the shorter fluctuations, covering two or three days, caused by alternating conditions of high and See also:

low pressure . The cause of surges is not understood .

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