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STORM CENTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm
Synonyms:
storm center; storm centre
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("storm center" is a kind of...):
center; centre; eye; heart; middle (an area that is approximately central within some larger region)
Holonyms ("storm center" is a part of...):
storm; violent storm (a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A center of trouble or disturbance
Synonyms:
storm center; storm centre
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("storm center" is a kind of...):
commotion; disruption; disturbance; flutter; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; hurly burly; kerfuffle; to-do (a disorderly outburst or tumult)
