- whiteout
- Loss of orientation with respect to the horizon caused by sun reflecting on snow and overcast sky.
Military dictionary. 2000.
whiteout
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Whiteout — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différentes œuvres portant le même titre. Whiteout est l’appellation anglophone du phénomène climatique de blanc dehors. Plusieurs œuvres portent ce titre : Sommaire 1 Littérature et bande dessinée … Wikipédia en Français
whiteout — UK [ˈwaɪtaʊt] / US [ˈwaɪtˌaʊt] / US [ˈhwaɪtˌaʊt] noun [countable] Word forms whiteout : singular whiteout plural whiteouts a situation in which there is so much snow and low cloud that you cannot see clearly … English dictionary
whiteout — /hwuyt owt , wuyt /, n. 1. Meteorol. a. a condition, found in polar regions, in which uniform illumination from snow on the ground and from a low cloud layer makes features of the landscape indistinguishable. b. a condition of heavily falling or… … Universalium
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