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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 125 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SURGE , in See also:

meteorology, an irregular fluctuation of the See also:barometer, extending over a See also:long See also:period (e.g. a See also:month), in contradistinction to the shorter fluctuations, covering two or three days, caused by alternating conditions of high and See also:low pressure. The cause of surges is not understood.

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