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• Typhoon 2 — was a Robot in the UK television series Robot Wars, noteworthy for being the final champion of the show before it was cancelled. It was a full body spinner with cutting claws. In two battles in series 7, which it competed in, it knocked out the… …   Wikipedia

• Typhoon — ist das englische Wort für den pazifischen Wirbelsturm Taifun. Es wird verwendet für: Name des heutigen Militärflugzeuges Eurofighter Typhoon (die deutschen Luftstreitkräfte verwenden lediglich die Bezeichnung Eurofighter) Name des früheren… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Typhoon — Ty*phoon , n. [Earlier tuffoon, tuffon, Pg. tuf[ a]o, Ar. tuf[=a]n a violent storm; probably fr. Gr. tyfw^n, tyfw^s, a violent whirlwind, that rushes upward from the earth, whirling clouds of dust (cf. {Typhus}); or perhaps from Chin. t ai fung a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• typhoon — Tiphon violent storm, whirlwind, tornado, 1550s, from Gk. typhon whirlwind, personified as a giant, father of the winds, perhaps from typhein to smoke (Cf. TYPHUS (Cf. typhus)). The meaning cyclone, violent hurricane of India or the China Seas… …   Etymology dictionary

• typhoon — *whirlwind, cyclone, hurricane, tornado, waterspout, twister …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• typhoon — ► NOUN ▪ a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans. ORIGIN partly from Arabic, partly from a Chinese dialect word meaning big wind …   English terms dictionary