northeasterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From north +‎ easter.

名詞

northeaster (plural northeasters)

1. (meteorology) An extratropical storm, usually found in coastal New England and Atlantic Canada, whose winds usually originate from the northeast.

   Coordinate terms: northwester, southeaster, southwester

   • 1902, John Burroughs, Locusts and Wild Honey, page 81:

     A northeaster in one place may be an easter, a norther, or a souther in some other locality.

   • 2007 February 20, Tina Kelley, “A Wet Wind Tunnel So Ships Can Move Faster and Better”, in The New York Times‎:

     A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.

Further reading

• northeaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia