The Great Plains, the Midwest, the Mississippi Valley and the southern United States are all areas that are vulnerable to tornadoes. They are relatively rare west of the Rockies and are also less frequent in the northeastern states. Tornado Alley is a colloquial term for an area particularly prone to tornadoes.
GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Limpid(a.) Clear and unambiguous; lucid; easy to understand; -- of speech and writing; as, limpid prose. 2  Limpid(a.) Calm, untroubled, and without worry; serene.
Ibid is a contraction of ibidem, a Latin word meaning âthe same place.â This term is most commonly used for footnoting in scholarly texts, allowing the author to use it instead of citing a lengthy title. In legal texts, people may use âid,â a shortening of âidem,â a word that means âas mentioned previously.â.