Beaufort scale

English

Etymology

Created by Irish hydrographer and British navy officer Francis Beaufort in 1806.

Proper noun

Beaufort scale

(nautical) An empirical measure for the intensity of the wind based mainly on the state of the sea or wave conditions.

Synonyms

Beaufort wind force scale

Related terms

wind force

Translations

measure for the intensity of the wind

Arabic: مقياس بوفورت‎ m (miqyās bufurt)
Armenian: Բոֆորտի սանդղակ (Boforti sandłak)
Basque: Beaufort eskala
Belarusian: шкала Бафорта f (škala Bafórta)
Bulgarian: скала Бофортова f (skala Bofortova)
Catalan: escala de Beaufort f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蒲福氏風級 (púfúshìfēngjí)
Czech: Beaufortova stupnice f
Danish: Beaufort-skalaen c
Dutch: schaal van Beaufort f
Esperanto: Boforta skalo
Estonian: Beauforti skaala
Finnish: Beaufortin asteikko, boforiasteikko
French: échelle de Beaufort (fr) f
Georgian: ბოფორტის სკალა (boporṭis sḳala), ბოფორტის შკალა (boporṭis šḳala)
German: Beaufortskala (de) f
Greek: κλίμακα Μποφόρ (el) f (klímaka Bofór)
Hebrew: סולם בופורט‎ m (sulam Bofort)
Hungarian: Beaufort-skála (hu)
Icelandic: Beaufort-kvarðinn
Italian: scala di Beaufort f

Japanese: ビューフォート風力階級 (ビューフォートふうりょくかいきゅう, Byūfōto fūryoku kaikyū)
Korean: 보퍼트 풍력 계급 (bopeoteu pungnyeok gyegeup)
Latvian: Boforta skala f
Lithuanian: Boforto skalė f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: beaufortskala m

Nynorsk: beaufortskala m
Polish: Beauforta skala f
Portuguese: escala de Beaufort f
Romanian: scala Beaufort f, scala de vânt Beaufort f
Russian: шкала́ Бофо́рта f (škalá Bofórta)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Бофорова скала f

Roman: Beaufortova skala f
Slovak: Beaufortova stupnica f
Slovene: Beaufortova lestvica f
Spanish: escala de Beaufort f
Swedish: Beauforts skala c
Turkish: Beaufort rüzgâr skalası
Ukrainian: шкала́ Бофо́рта f (škalá Bofórta)
Vietnamese: thang sức gió Beaufort

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