"microburst" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microbursts [plural]
Etymology: micro- + burst Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|burst}} micro- + burst Head templates: {{en-noun}} microburst (plural microbursts)
  1. (meteorology) A strong downdraft, of less than 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds and powerful wind shear. Categories (topical): Meteorology, Wind Hypernyms: downburst Coordinate_terms: macroburst Translations (strong downdraft): 微下擊暴流 (Chinese Mandarin), 微下击暴流 (wēi xià jī bào liú) (Chinese Mandarin), mikropurkaus (Finnish), microrafale (French)

Inflected forms

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