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Definition of Foehn
1. Noun. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
Definition of Foehn
1. n. A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm.
Definition of Foehn
1. Noun. A warm dry wind blowing down the side of a mountain in northern and central Europe. ¹
2. Noun. (meteorology) A similar wind in any mountainous area. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foehn
1. a warm, dry wind [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foehn
Literary usage of Foehn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Climatology by Julius von Hann (1903)
"depression on the coast of Ireland, a secondary depression formed over central
and northeastern Switzerland, and local depressions formed in the " foehn ..."
2. Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"141). The air is passing over a mountain towards a The cause cyclonic center and
is forced to rise by the mountain. It of the foehn. ..."
3. Elementary Meteorology by William Morris Davis (1894)
"The foehn rushes down so rapidly that it loses by radiation and conduction ...
If a foehn occurs with but moderate velocity, the peculiar features of its ..."
4. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
"foehn ADIABAT FIG. 60. MOUNTAIN WINDS DRIED AND WARMED IN DESCENDING As the air
descends on the ... For further remarks on the foehn, chinook, Santa Ana, ..."
5. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
"foehn ADIABAT FIG. 60. MOUNTAIN WINDS DRIED AND WARMED IN DESCENDING As the air
descends on the other flank of the mountain there is adiabatic compression; ..."
6. A Popular Treatise on the Winds: Comprising the General Motions of the by William Ferrel (1889)
"THE foehn AND THE CHINOOKS. 219. It sometimes happens that near the base of a
high mountain range for several days there are unusually warm and dry winds ..."
7. Meteorology: A Text Book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"The precipitation the foehn wind. ceases, the clouds disappear, and the air continues
... This explanation of the foehn was first given by Hann of Vienna. ..."
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