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Definition of typhoon
1 : a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea
2 : whirlwind 2a a typhoon of activity
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Recent Examples of typhoon from the Web
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By this point, the crowd had swelled to capacity, at least three times what Lee Fields and the Expressions could've expected on a Wednesday night during a typhoon.
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The term typhoon is used for Pacific tropical cyclones north of the Equator west of the International Dateline.
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A typhoon is the the name for hurricanes in the Pacific west of the International Dateline.
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Live in an area that sees typhoons or hurricanes, or planning to visit one?
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In the hunt for green energy alternatives, Japanese researchers are working to harness the power of typhoons, improve geothermal energy and analyze the movement of dolphins to create underwater turbines.
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Brown, who recalled riding out a typhoon for three days aboard a Navy destroyer in the Atlantic, found the going much more pleasant this time, as he and other residents of the Capt.
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In the global news cycle, a bombing in Baghdad or a Taliban strike in Kabul is like a typhoon in the Pacific or a Sean Spicer gaffe.
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Luckily, UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science had dropped a buoy in the middle of the Pacific in 2010 for another research project that took readings from three typhoons over three months that year.
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Origin and Etymology of typhoon
alteration (influenced by Chin — Guangdong — daaih-fùng, from daaih big + fùng wind) of earlier touffon, from Arabic ṭūfān hurricane, from Greek typhōn violent storm
TYPHOON Defined for English Language Learners
typhoon
playDefinition of typhoon for English Language Learners
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: an extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm that occurs especially in the region of the Philippines or the China Sea
TYPHOON Defined for Kids
typhoon
playDefinition of typhoon for Students
: a tropical cyclone in the region of the Philippines or the China Sea
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