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cyclone noun 1 meteorol (also depression or low) an area of low atmospheric pressure, often associated with stormy weather, in which winds spiral inward towards a central low, blowing in an anticlockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and a clockwise direction in the southern hemisphere. Compare anticyclone. 2 a violent tropical storm accompanied by torrential rain and extremely strong winds, often causing widespread destruction. cyclonic adj. cyclonically adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from Greek kyklon a whirling round.
cyclone noun 1 meteorol (also depression or low) an area of low atmospheric pressure, often associated with stormy weather, in which winds spiral inward towards a central low, blowing in an anticlockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and a clockwise direction in the southern hemisphere. Compare anticyclone. 2 a violent tropical storm accompanied by torrential rain and extremely strong winds, often causing widespread destruction. cyclonic adj. cyclonically adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from Greek kyklon a whirling round.
cyclone noun 1 meteorol (also depression or low) an area of low atmospheric pressure, often associated with stormy weather, in which winds spiral inward towards a central low, blowing in an anticlockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and a clockwise direction in the southern hemisphere. Compare anticyclone. 2 a violent tropical storm accompanied by torrential rain and extremely strong winds, often causing widespread destruction. cyclonic adj. cyclonically adverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from Greek kyklon a whirling round.
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