"dead calm" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dead calm (not comparable)
  1. (of a body of water) Completely still with no waves and no wind. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: clock calm Translations (completely still): peilityyni (Finnish), rasvatyyni (Finnish), calma piatta [feminine] (Italian), calmeria [feminine] (Italian), bonaccia [feminine] (Italian), malacia [feminine] (Latin)
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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dead calm (uncountable)
  1. (nautical) The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (condition of a flat sea without waves): γαλήνη (galḗnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), затишие (zatišie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), peilityyneys (Finnish), rasvatyyneys (Finnish), Flaute [feminine] (German), dauðalogn [masculine] (Icelandic), bonaccia [feminine] (Italian), malacia [feminine] (Latin), зати́шие (zatíšie) [neuter] (Macedonian), kiuney vooar [feminine] (Manx), aio piropiro (Maori), mōwai rokiroki (Maori), لیمانلق (limanlık) (Ottoman Turkish), штиль (štilʹ) [masculine] (Russian), безве́трие (bezvétrije) [neuter] (Russian), зати́шье (zatíšʹje) [neuter] (Russian), fèath nan eun [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), calma chicha [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dead_calm-en-noun-G2imBRW5 Topics: nautical, transport
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