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Of or pertaining to the state of the atmosphere and/or the science of monitoring, measuring and interpreting meteorological changes.
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moraine
Weather; Meteorology
Ridges or deposits of rock debris transported by a glacier. Moraines are left after a glacier has receded, providing evidence of its former extent. Common forms are ground ...
morning glory
Weather; Meteorology
A wind squall or succession of wind squalls, frequently accompanied by a spectacular low roll cloud or a series of such clouds, that occurs early in the morning, mainly in the ...
motorboating
Weather; Meteorology
The sound heard through the monitoring speaker of an audio-modulated radiosonde when the audio signal became so low in frequency that it resembled the sound of a motorboat. It ...
mother-cloud
Weather; Meteorology
A cloud from which another cloud has grown or been formed. See cloud classification.
morphology
Weather; Meteorology
A study of the structure, form, or shape of meteorological phenomena, such as clouds or ice crystals; includes the classification of these phenomena.
noctilucent clouds
Weather; Meteorology
Thin silvery-blue cirrus-like clouds frequently seen during summer twilight conditions at high latitudes (above 50°) in both hemispheres. They are the highest visible clouds in ...
classical mechanics
Weather; Meteorology
A system of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion. The salient characteristics of Newtonian mechanics are that mass and energy are separately conserved, all physical ...
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