meteotsunami

English

Etymology

Blend of meteorological +‎ tsunami

Noun

meteotsunami (plural meteotsunamis)

  1. A tsunami-like wave of meteorological origin.
    • 1998 June 15, S Monserrat, “On the reconstruction of the transfer function for atmospherically generated seiches”, in Geophysical Research Letters, volume 25, number 12, page 2197:
      These surface waves are associated with two ma- jor sources of forcing: seismic activity (tsunamis) and atmospheric disturbances (meteotsunami).

Synonyms
  • meteorological tsunami
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