資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Storm \Storm\, n.
{Anticyclonic storm} (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a
central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a
system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction
contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low
temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often
by clear sky. Called also {high-area storm},
{anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and
freezing temperatures such storms have various local
names, as {blizzard}, {wet norther}, {purga}, {buran},
etc.
{Cyclonic storm}. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See
{Cyclone}, above. Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also -ine \-ine\
. [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer,
Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.)
A substance, {C14H22O2NCl}, the hydrochloride of an amino
compound containing benzol, used, in solution with
strychnine, as a local an[ae]sthetic, esp. by injection into
the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[ae]sthesia below
the point of introduction.