Cyclone

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An atmospheric system characterized by the rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center, usually accompanied by stormy, often destructive weather. Cyclones circulate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • noun. A violent tropical storm, especially one originating in the southwestern Pacific Ocean or Indian Ocean.
  • noun. A violent rotating windstorm, especially a tornado.
  • noun. Any of various devices using centrifugal force to separate materials.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The term introduced into meteorology by Piddington, in 1840, as a general name for the class of extensive storms at sea that were at that time supposed to be characterized by the revolution of air in circles about a calm center.
  • noun. Any atmospheric movement, gentle or rapid, general or local, on land or at sea, in which the wind blows spirally around and in toward a center.
  • noun. Popularly, a tornado (such as occur in the Western States), or any destructive storm. See tornado, waterspout, and whirlwind.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour.
  • noun. In general, a condition of the atmosphere characterized by a central area of pressure much lower than that of surrounding areas, and a system of winds blowing inward and around (clockwise in the southern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the northern); -- called also a low-area storm. It is attended by high temperature, moist air, abundant precipitation, and clouded sky. The term includes the hurricane, typhoon, and tropical storms; it should not be applied to the moderate disturbances attending ordinary areas of low pressure nor to tornadoes, waterspouts, or “twisters,” in which the vertical motion is more important than the horizontal.
  • noun. A tornado. See above, and Tornado.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure.
  • noun. A low pressure system.
  • noun. The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.
  • noun. A strong wind.
  • noun. A Southeastern and Indian Ocean weather phenomenon that results in wind speeds of around 150 to 200 km/h.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
  • noun. a violent rotating windstorm
    • Word Usage
    "Another major tropical cyclone, the 1970 Bangladesh cyclone¢’‚¬?"
    Form
    anticyclone  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    atmosphere  atmospheric state  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bastogne  Bayonne  Capone  Cohn  Cologne  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    avalanche  blizzard  conflagration  deluge  earthquake  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    air mass  anticyclone  baguio  blaze  burst  
    variant
    low-area storm  tornado  
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