eye wall

eye wall
Meteorology n. the area immediately outside the eye of a hurricane or cyclone, associated with tall clouds, heavy rainfall, and high winds

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  • eye|wall — «Y WL», noun. a layer of turbulent, funnel shaped clouds around the eye of a storm; wall cloud: »Hurricane Debbie…was some 800 miles east of Puerto Rico. Planes flew there to drop their crystals, in hopes of causing supercooled water droplets in… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wall-eye — n. [See {Wall eyed}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; said usually of horses. Booth. [1913 Webster] Note: Jonson has defined wall eye to be a disease in the crystalline humor of the eye; glauc …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wall-eyed herring — Wall eye Wall eye , n. [See {Wall eyed}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; said usually of horses. Booth. [1913 Webster] Note: Jonson has defined wall eye to be a disease in the crystalline… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wall-eyed perch — Wall eye Wall eye , n. [See {Wall eyed}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; said usually of horses. Booth. [1913 Webster] Note: Jonson has defined wall eye to be a disease in the crystalline… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wall's ice cream — Wall s is the brand name of Unilever s Heartbrand ice cream business, used originally in the United Kingdom and also currently (2006) in Hong Kong, China, India [ [http://www.kwalitygroup.com/walls.htm] ] , Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia [… …   Wikipedia

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  • eye — big·eye; eye·able; eye; eye·drop·per·ful; eye·ful; eye·glassed; eye·glassy; eye·ish; eye·less; eye·le·teer; eye·some; eye·tie; pop·eye; sock·eye; wall·eye; eye·let; arms·eye; eye·less·ness; eye·let·er; eye·let·ter; …   English syllables

  • wall — black·wall; corn·wall; corn·wall·ite; gad·wall; hick·wall; set·wall; un·wall; wall; wall·er; wall·ette; wall·eye; wall·eyed; wall·ing; wall·man; wit·wall; wood·wall; in·wall; mul·ti·wall; stone·wall; stone·wall·er; …   English syllables

  • Wall-eyed — a. [Icel. valdeyg[eth]r, or vagleygr; fr. vagl a beam, a beam in the eye (akin to Sw. vagel a roost, a perch, a sty in the eye) + eygr having eyes (from auga eye). See {Eye}.] Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. Booth. [1913 Web …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Eye tracking — is the process of measuring either the point of gaze ( where we are looking ) or the motion of an eye relative to the head. An eye tracker is a device for measuring eye positions and eye movement. Eye trackers are used in research on the visual… …   Wikipedia

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