violent stream

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• violent stream — noun a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid) the houses were swept away in the torrent • Syn: ↑torrent • Derivationally related forms: ↑torrential (for: ↑torrent) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Orage violent — Prévision des orages violents La prévision des orages violents est la partie de la météorologie d’exploitation qui tente de prévoir le développement, l intensité, le type de danger et les zones affectées par les orages pouvant donner de la grosse …   Wikipédia en Français

• jet-stream — [ dʒɛtstrim ] n. m. • 1955; mot angl. , de jet (→ 1. jet) et stream « courant » ♦ Anglic. Sc. Courant rapide dans les couches élevées de la troposphère, au dessus des zones subtropicales. Des jet streams. Recomm. offic. courant jet [ kurɑ̃ʒɛ ] .… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Torrent — Tor rent, n. [F., fr. L. torrens, entis, fr. torrens burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See {Torrid}.] 1. A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• torrent — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin torrent , torrens, from torrent , torrens, adjective, burning, seething, rushing, from present participle of torrēre to parch, burn more at thirst Date: 1582 1. a tumultuous outpouring ; rush 2. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• torrential — tor·ren·tial || tÉ™ renʃl adj. having the qualities of a torrent; characterized by a very rapid flow, moving in a fast and violent stream; falling in downpours (about rain); overwhelming, overly abundant …   English contemporary dictionary

• torrent — [tôr′ənt, tär′ənt] n. [Fr < L torrens, burning, roaring, rushing, impetuous, prp. of torrere, to parch, dry, roast, consume: see THIRST] 1. a swift, violent stream, esp. of water 2. a flood or rush of words, mail, etc. 3. a very heavy fall of… …   English World dictionary

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• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

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• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium