What is "buran"

Storm \Storm\, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. Stratum). [root]166.]

1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.

   We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm.
   --Shak.

2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.

   I will stir up in England some black storm.
   --Shak.

   Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm.
   --Shak.

3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.

   A brave man struggling in the storms of fate.
   --Pope.

4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.

   Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof, storm-tossed, and the like.

   Anticyclonic storm (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often by clear sky. Called also high-area storm, anticyclone. When attended by high winds, snow, and freezing temperatures such storms have various local names, as blizzard, wet norther, purga, buran, etc.

   Cyclonic storm. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See Cyclone, above.

   Magnetic storm. See under Magnetic.

   Storm-and-stress period [a translation of G. sturm und drang periode], a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century.

   Storm center (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.

   Storm door (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in summer.

   Storm path (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels.

   Storm petrel. (Zo["o]l.) See Stormy petrel, under Petrel.

   Storm sail (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather.

   Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.

   Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity.

   Usage: Storm, Tempest. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder.

   Storms beat, and rolls the main; O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain.
   --Pope.

   What at first was called a gust, the same Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name.
   --Donne.

Buran may refer to:

• Buran programme, the Soviet space shuttle project
  • Buran (spacecraft), first Soviet space shuttle launched into orbit
• Buran eavesdropping device, invented by Léon Theremin, used by Soviet intelligence
• Buran (snowmobile), a line of snowmobiles manufactured by Russkaya Mekhanika
• Buran (wind), a wind which blows across eastern Asia
• Buran Bandy club, a U.S. bandy club
• Buran of Persia, sovereign of Persia from 629 to 631
• Buran, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran
• Buran, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
• Buraan, town in the northern Sanaag region of Somalia
• RSS-40 Buran, a Soviet cruise missile

The Buran ( Turkish: Boran) is a wind which blows across eastern Asia, specifically Xinjiang, Siberia, and Kazakhstan. Over the tundra, it is also known as Purga.

The Buran takes two forms: in summer, it is a hot, dry wind, whipping up sandstorms; in winter, it is bitterly cold and often accompanied by blizzards. Winter buran winds are strong and full of ice and snow. The sky is often laden with snow, which swirls about and reduces the visibility to near zero at times. In Alaska this severe north-easterly wind is known as Burga and brings snow and ice pellets.

The Russian Space Programme has named a class of rocket after the Buran (see Shuttle Buran).

Buran (, , Snowstorm or Blizzard) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme. It carried the GRAU index serial number 11F35 K1 and is – depending on the source – also known as OK-1K1, Orbiter K1, OK 1.01 or Shuttle 1.01. Besides describing the first operational Soviet/Russian shuttle orbiter, "Buran" was also the designation for the whole Soviet/Russian space shuttle project.

OK-1K1 completed one unmanned spaceflight in 1988, and was destroyed in 2002 when the hangar it was stored in collapsed. It remains the only Soviet reusable spacecraft to be launched into space. The Buran-class orbiters used the expendable Energia rocket, a class of super heavy-lift launch vehicle.