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beaufort scale
 
Noun beaufort scale has 2 senses
  1. Beaufort scale, wind scale - an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)
    --1 is a kind of scale, scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series
    --1 has parts:
     calm air; light air; light breeze; gentle breeze; moderate breeze; fresh breeze; strong breeze; moderate gale, near gale; fresh gale; strong gale; whole gale; storm, violent storm; hurricane
  2. Beaufort scale - a scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind
    --2 is a kind of     system of measurement, metric
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