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風力階級 (ふうりょくかいきゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

風ふう力りょく階かい級きゅう

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Meanings

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noun

wind force scale; Beaufort scale

Technical term used in meteorology and navigation to classify wind strength by observable effects.

天てん気き図ずには風ふう力りょく階かい級きゅうが記き号ごうで示しめされている。
The weather map shows the wind force scale with symbols.
風ふう力りょく階かい級きゅう12はハリケーン

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Wind force 12 on the scale corresponds to a hurricane.

Kanji

風wind, air, style
力power, strength, strong
階storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
級class, rank, grade

Similar words

風ふう速そく
風速 is wind speed (numerical value), while 風力階級 is the categorical scale used to classify that speed.
ビューフォート風ふう力りょく階かい級きゅう
ビューフォート風力階級 explicitly refers to the Beaufort scale, while 風力階級 is the general term for any wind force scale, though often used for the Beaufort scale.

Etymology

Compound of 風力 (wind force) and 階級 (class, rank, scale).