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What (who) is Whirlwind - definition
WEATHER PHENOMENON
Whirlwinds; Leaf Devil; Whirlwind (atmospheric phenomenon); Leaf devils; Major whirlwind; Great whirlwind; Minor whirlwind; Lesser whirlwind
![Whirlwind, 61 km northeast of [[Broome, Western Australia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whirlwind 2250.jpg?width=200 "Whirlwind, 61 km northeast of [[Broome, Western Australia]]")
![A [[dust devil]] at school ground](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whirlwind example.jpg?width=200 "A [[dust devil]] at school ground")
Whirlwind
·noun Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
II. Whirlwind ·noun A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.
Whirlwind
<computer> An early computer from the {MIT Research Laboratory
for Electronics}.
Whirlwind used electrostatic memory and ran {Laning and
Zierler} (1953); and ALGEBRAIC, COMPREHENSIVE and {SUMMER
SESSION} (all 1959).
[Details, reference? ]
(2002-06-03)
whirlwind
(whirlwinds)
1.
A whirlwind is a tall column of air which spins round and round very fast and moves across the land or sea.
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2.
You can describe a situation in which a lot of things happen very quickly and are very difficult for someone to control as a whirlwind.
I had been running around southern England in a whirlwind of activity...
N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, usu N of n
3.
A whirlwind event or action happens or is done much more quickly than normal.
He got married after a whirlwind romance.
... a whirlwind tour of France.
ADJ: ADJ n
Wikipedia
Whirlwind
A whirlwind is a weather phenomenon in which a vortex of wind (a vertically oriented rotating column of air) forms due to instabilities and turbulence created by heating and flow (current) gradients. Whirlwinds occur all over the world and in any season.
Examples of use of Whirlwind
1. Natural disaster a tsunami, an earthquake, a whirlwind unites us.
2. According to family members, it had been a whirlwind courtship.
3. After a whirlwind romance they married in August 2001.
4. He operates like a whirlwind: He doesn‘t dally, he leaps.
5. And a positive whirlwind of proposals in recent weeks.