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whirlwind revolving mass of air resulting from local atmospheric instability, such as that caused by intense heating of the ground by the sun on a hot summer day. Examples of whirlwinds are waterspouts , tornadoes , small whirls of dust or leaves, and the sand whirls of the desert, called dust devils or dust whirls.

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whirlwind XIV. prob. — ON. hvirfilvindr (see WHIRL, WIND1).

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whirlwind A spiral wind storm around a low-pressure centre. In arid areas dust may be carried upward several hundred metres.

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