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dust whirl

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-000807

A rotating column of air rendered visible by dust.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-000807
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Synonymsdancing dervish; dancing devil; devil; satan; shaitan
ReferencesNWS Glossary
See alsoduststorm
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000807",
  "term": "dust whirl",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A rotating column of air rendered visible by dust.",
  "synonyms": [
    "dancing dervish",
    "dancing devil",
    "devil",
    "satan",
    "shaitan"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "duststorm"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/dust-whirl/"
}

Record 807 of 3,164 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.