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Definition: El Nino |
El NinoNoun1. (oceanography) a weak warm ocean current that flows south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Weather | An irregular variation of ocean current that from January to March flows off the west coast of South America, carrying warm, low-salinity, nutrient-poor water to the south. It does not usually extend farther than a few degrees south of the equator, but occasionally it does penetrate beyond 12 degrees S, displacing the relatively cold Peru Current. The effects of this phenomenon are generally short-lived, and fishing is only slightly disrupted. Occasionally (in 1891, 1925, 1941, 1957 - 58, 1965, 1972 - 73, 1976, and 1982 - 83), the effects are major and prolonged. Under these conditions, sea surface temperatures rise along the coast of Peru and in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean and may remain high for more than a year, having disastrous effects on marine life and fishing. Excessive rainfall and flooding occur in the normally dry coastal area of western tropical South America during these events. Some oceanographers and meteorologists consider only the major, prolonged events as El Nino phenomena rather than the annually occurring weaker and short-lived ones. The name was originally applied to the latter events because of their occurrence at Christmas time. (references) |
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Crosswords: El Nino |
| English words defined with "El Nino": El Nino southern oscillation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "El Nino": Jason-1 ♦ Southern Oscillation. (references) |
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Business | The agricultural sector's growth improved marginally from a revised 1.0 percent in 1997 to 1.5 percent in 1998. The upward trend is attributed to the abnormally heavy rains of El Nino that significantly boosted production of sugarcane, maize, tea, and wheat. (references) | |
In 1998, the Peruvian economy faced a sharp recession and increasing unemployment due to spill over from the Asian, Russian and Brazilian shocks and the severe El Nino weather phenomenon of that year. The Peruvian gross domestic product (GDP) declined 0.4 percent and statistics from the Labor Ministry estimated unemployment rate at about 8 percent and underemployment (earning under US$ 160 per month) at over 40 percent. (references) | ||
Economic History | Tanzania | The 1997/98 El Nino floods heavily affected the central railway line. (references) |
Peru | However, the 1997-98 El Nino had a negative impact on distribution networks. (references) | |
Kenya | With the El Nino rains of 1997, the remaining infrastructure was further damaged. (references) | |
Travel | Ecuador | Many roads and bridges that were damaged during the 1997-1998 El Nino weather phenomenon remain unrepaired, causing delays and detours. (references) |
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Expression using "El Nino": El Nino southern oscillation. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "El Nino"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Japanese Kanji | エリキシル剤 (Educational Resources Information Center, El Dorado, El Salvador, elixir, Elysium, erbium, erg, ergonomics, ERIC, erythromycin, erythropoietin, Jerusalem, L size, large size, LP record, LSD). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | エルニーニョ . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elay inonay.(various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: online. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-n-o" | |
-1 letter: eloin, linen, olein. | |
-2 letters: enol, leno, lien, line, linn, lino, lion, loin, lone, neon, nine, noel, noil, none. | |
-3 letters: eon, inn, ion, lei, lie, lin, nil, oil, ole, one. | |
-4 letters: el, en, in, li, lo, ne, no, oe, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-n-o" | |
+1 letter: leonine, nonlife. | |
+2 letters: eloining, indolent, insolent, lanoline, lenition, limonene, longeing, longline, monellin, ninefold, nonelite, nonideal, nonlives, nontitle, solanine. | |
+3 letters: anthelion, antinovel, belonging, chelonian, cloisonne, clonidine, congenial, cornelian, crinoline, dandelion, denominal, eloigning, enclosing, enfolding, englobing, enhaloing, ennobling, enrolling, ensouling, entoiling, falconine, frontline, indolence, inflexion, inglenook, innersole, insolence, insolents, insolvent, lanolines, lenitions, lessoning, limonenes, lineation, longlines, looniness, loosening, loudening, lyonnaise, mandoline, melatonin, monellins, monocline, nielloing, nilpotent, nonbelief, nonedible, nonlineal, nonlinear, nonmobile, nonmotile, nonpareil, nonpolice, nonsaline, nonviable, nucleonic, phelonion, pollening, quinoline, reloaning, singleton, solanines, tensional. | |
+4 letters: alienation, anopheline, anthelions, antilepton, antinovels, beclowning, belongings, cannelloni, centillion, chelonians, clingstone, cloisonnes, clonidines, concealing, congealing, congenital, cornelians, councilmen, counseling, crinolined, crinolines, dandelions, declension, echeloning, elongating, elongation, enveloping, epilimnion, indolences, indolently, indophenol, ineloquent, inflection, inflexions, inglenooks, innersoles, innocently, insolences, insolently, insolvency, insolvents, internodal, interzonal, intolerant, lineations, loneliness, lovingness, mandolines, melatonins, monoclines, nalorphine, negational, nonaligned, nonallelic, nonbeliefs, nonelastic, nonethical, nongenital, nonhostile, nonlexical, nonliteral, nonmedical, nonpareils, nonviolent, novelising, novelizing, nucleation, nucleonics, phelonions, quinolines, singletons, snorkeling, tenderloin, toenailing, unholiness, uninvolved, unpeopling. | |
+5 letters: alienations, alloantigen, alternation, anophelines, anticyclone, antileptons, antinucleon, ascensional, attentional, bludgeoning, cancelation, carillonned, centillions, clingstones, condensible, condimental, confidently, congelation, congenially, connectible, consignable, containable, continental, continently, conventicle, counselings, counselling, crenelation, crenulation, declensions, declination, delineation, dimensional, elimination, elongations, emblazoning, emboldening, enscrolling, ensorceling, enucleation, epilimnions, expansional, explanation, exponential, extensional, floundering, geosyncline, goaltending, hornblendic, ignobleness, imboldening, indophenols, inflections, ingeniously, ingenuously, insertional, intensional, intentional, interloping, intolerance, inventorial, involvement, lamentation, langoustine, legionnaire, lingonberry, looninesses, mentionable, nalorphines, nationalise, nationalize, needlepoint, neocolonial, neurulation, nickelodeon, nonallergic, nonathletic, nonbeliever, nonchemical, nonclerical, nondelivery, nondisabled, nonelection, nonelective, nonelectric, nonfamilies, nonintegral, noninvolved, nonliterary, nonliterate, nonmaterial, nonmetallic, nonmetrical, nonrelative, nonsensical, nonsinkable, nonterminal, nonviolence, nonvolatile, nucleations, outlearning, overlending, pensionable, pensionless, plainspoken, plasminogen, plenipotent, prominently, punchinello, reconciling, reenrolling, reinflation, sensational, solemnizing, stenohaline, telephoning, tenderloins, tensionless, uncongenial, undecillion, unemotional, ungodliness, unignorable, unloosening, unsoldering, ventilation, womanliness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6C 4E 69 6E 6F |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101100 00100000 01001110 01101001 01101110 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E l   N i n o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 004E 0069 006E 006F |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3978248758081 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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