Fujita scale

English

Etymology

From the Japanese-American meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita (藤田哲也).

Proper noun

Fujita scale

  1. (US, meteorology) A scale used to rate the intensity of a tornado; now superseded by the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Derived terms
  • Enhanced Fujita scale

See also
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