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Noun: wind scale  wind skeyl
  1. An international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)
    "Meteorologists use the Beaufort wind scale to classify wind speeds";
    - Beaufort scale

Derived forms: wind scales

Type of: graduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement