English Explanatory Dictionary

downburst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.

Word forms

downburst downbursts

Etymology

From down- + burst, coined by American meteorologist Horace R. Byers and Japanese and American meteorologist Tetsuya T. Fujita in November 1975.

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