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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Storm \Storm\, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel.
     stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow,
     to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf.
     {Stratum}). [root]166.]
     1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind,
        rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often,


        a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied
        with wind or not.
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              We hear this fearful tempest sing,
              Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. --Shak.
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     2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political,
        or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war;
        violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
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              I will stir up in England some black storm. --Shak.
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              Her sister
              Began to scold and raise up such a storm. --Shak.
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     3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous
        force; violence.
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              A brave man struggling in the storms of fate.
                                                    --Pope.
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     4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious
        attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by
        scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.
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     Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained
           compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof,
           storm-tossed, and the like.
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     {Anticyclonic storm} (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a
        central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a
        system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction
        contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low
        temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often
        by clear sky. Called also {high-area storm},
        {anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and
        freezing temperatures such storms have various local
        names, as {blizzard}, {wet norther}, {purga}, {buran},
        etc.
  
     {Cyclonic storm}. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See
        {Cyclone}, above.
  
     {Magnetic storm}. See under {Magnetic}.
  
     {Storm-and-stress period} [a translation of G. sturm und
        drang periode], a designation given to the literary
        agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under
        the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the
        18th century.
  
     {Storm center} (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by
        a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.
  
     {Storm door} (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the
        entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in
        summer.
  
     {Storm path} (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or
        storm center, travels.
  
     {Storm petrel}. (Zool.) See {Stormy petrel}, under {Petrel}.
        
  
     {Storm sail} (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy
        sails that are bent and set in stormy weather.
  
     {Storm scud}. See the Note under {Cloud}.
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     Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity.
  
     Usage: {Storm}, {Tempest}. Storm is violent agitation, a
            commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not
            necessarily implying the fall of anything from the
            clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without
            wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the
            word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as
            those common on the coast of Italy, where the term
            originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain,
            with lightning and thunder.
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                  Storms beat, and rolls the main;
                  O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in
                  vain.                             --Pope.
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                  What at first was called a gust, the same
                  Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name.
                                                    --Donne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anticyclone \An"ti*cy`clone\ ([a^]n"t[i^]*s[imac]`kl[=o]n), n.
     (Meteorol.)
     A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as
     regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric
     pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- {An`ti*cy*clon"ic}, a. --
     {An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anticyclone
       n : (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure
           center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and
           counter-clockwise in the southern [ant: {cyclone}]

















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