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Fujita scale

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Etymology

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From the Japanese-American meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita (藤田哲也).

Proper noun

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the Fujita scale

  1. (US, meteorology) A scale used to rate the intensity of a tornado; now superseded by the Enhanced Fujita scale.
    Synonym: Fujita-Pearson scale

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