dangerous semicircle
dangerous semicircle
[′dān·jə·rəs ′sem·i‚sər·kəl] (meteorology)
The half of the circular area of a tropical cyclone having the strongest winds and heaviest seas, where a ship tends to be drawn into the path of the storm.
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