typhoon
mature tropical cyclone that forms in the Western North Pacific Ocean, with winds of at least 118 km/h (64 kts, 32.7 m/s)
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typhoon
Summary
typhoon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,971 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- typhoon's part of the series is recorded as JTWC typhoon wind scale[2].
- typhoon is a type of Northwest Pacific tropical cyclone[3].
- typhoon's Commons category is recorded as Pacific typhoons[4].
- typhoon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pacific typhoons[5].
- typhoon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
- typhoon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
- typhoon's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
- typhoon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
- typhoon's different from is recorded as typhoon[10].
- typhoon's different from is recorded as Typhoon[11].
- typhoon's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q22828814[12].
- typhoon's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[13].
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Definition and Type
typhoon is a type of Northwest Pacific tropical cyclone[3].
Why It Matters
typhoon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,971 views/month).[1] typhoon has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] typhoon is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]