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Typhon (proper noun)
1. A surface-to-air missile designed for shipboard deployment against high-performance aircraft and short-range tactical missiles: "The Typhon carries a nuclear or a non-nuclear warhead."
2. Etymology: from Greek mythology, a monster with a hundred heads and one represents the whirlwinds.
Son of Typhoeus and Echidna; father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx.
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In acoustical engineering, a loudspeaker horn that is actuated by compressed air or steam.
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(Greek > Latin: whirlwind, tempest)