meteorological event

collocation in English

meaningsofmeteorologicalandevent

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meteorological
adjective
uk
/ˌmiː.ti.ə.rəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌmiː.t̬i.ɚ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofmeteorologicalandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was a remarkablemeteorologicalevent, and the fact that it occurred three times was particularly remarkable.
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While other explanations beside a globalmeteorologicaleventare possible, a correlating evidence set is presented in the woolly mammoth.
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The drop in temperature has also earned thismeteorologicaleventthe title pneumonia front.
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For example, a weather forecaster predicts rain not on the basis of clairvoyance but on the basis of patterns of prior meteorological events.
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Arguably, the most devastating meteorological events all over the world in recent years has been flooding.
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The rise in energy prices, adverse meteorological events and the increase in demand for energy due to world population growth have produced high food prices.
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Five or 10 years ago, civil defence and emergency planning was seen mainly as a response to unusual meteorological events, such as floods, hurricanes and drought.
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Severe weather includes extreme local meteorological events like tornados, heavy precipitation events and avalanches.
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The astronomical and meteorological events that were taken as portents of the city's fall are confounded.
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There are many purposes which temporal animation might serve to depict: displaying and analyzing geographic patterns, meteorological events, climate, natural disasters, and other multivariate data.
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Meteorological events include rain, snow, blizzards, thunderstorms, hail, derechos, tornadoes, and high-velocity straight-line winds.
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Floods that are known to us through historical descriptions are mostly related to meteorological events, such as heavy rains, rapid melting of snowpacks, or combination of these.
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