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cyclonically
Variant of cyclone
cyclone
definition
cy·clone (sī′klōn′)
noun
- loosely a windstorm with a violent, whirling movement; tornado or hurricane
- Meteorol. a system of rotating winds over a vast area, spinning inward to a low pressure center (counterclockwise in the N Hemisphere) and generally causing stormy weather: commonly called a low, since it coexists with low barometric pressure
Etymology: altered < cyclome (< Gr kyklōma, wheel), infl. by Gr kyklōn, moving in a circle < kykloein, to circle around, whirl < kyklos: see wheel
Related Forms:
- cyclonic cy·clon′ic (sī klän′ik) adjective
- cyclonically cy·clon′i·cally adverb
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