Fujita scale

English

Etymology

From the Japanese-American meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita (藤田哲也).

Proper noun

the Fujita scale

1. (US, meteorology) A scale used to rate the intensity of a tornado; now superseded by the Enhanced Fujita scale.

   Synonym: Fujita-Pearson scale

Derived terms

• Enhanced Fujita scale

See also

• EF
• F
• Torino scale
• Richter scale