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Cyclone

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsaɪkləʊn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsaɪkloʊn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sī′klōn)

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Cyclone /ˈsaɪkləʊn/ adj

trademark Austral NZ (of fencing) made of interlaced wire and metal

cy•clone /ˈsaɪkloʊn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Meteorologya violent storm with circular wind motion:The cyclone struck the islands with devastating force.
Meteorology(not in technical use) a tornado.

cy•clon•ic /saɪˈklɑnɪk/USA pronunciation adj.: cyclonic winds.See -cycle-.

cy•clone (sī′klōn),USA pronunciation n.

Meteorologya large-scale, atmospheric wind-and-pressure system characterized by low pressure at its center and by circular wind motion, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Cf. anticyclone, extratropical cyclone, tropical cyclone.
Meteorology(not in technical use) tornado.
Mechanical EngineeringAlso called cy′clone collec′tor, cy′clone sep′arator. [Mach.]a device for removing small or powdered solids from air, water, or other gases or liquids by centrifugal force.

Greek kyklôn revolving (present participle of kykloûn to revolve, verb, verbal derivative of kýklos; see cycle); apparently confused by Piddington with kýklōma wheel, snake's coil
term introduced by British meteorologist Henry Piddington (1797–1858) in 1848, perh.

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cyclone /ˈsaɪkləʊn/ n

another name for depression
a violent tropical storm; hurricane

Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek kuklōn a turning around, from kukloun to revolve, from kuklos wheelcyclonic /saɪˈklɒnɪk/, cyˈclonical, ˈcyclonal adj cyˈclonically adv

'Cyclone' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Darwin - depression - eye - hurricane - tornado - typhoon - willy-willy - anticyclone - cyclogenesis - cyclolysis - cyclonal - cyclone cellar - Cyclone fence - cyclone furnace - cyclonic - deepen - expect - extratropical cyclone - fill - frontal cyclone - hurricane warning - kona cyclone - low - mesocyclone - navigable semicircle - neutercane - tropical cyclone - tropical disturbance - tropical storm - warm sector - wave cyclone - sirocco - storm - storm cellar - storm surge

In Lists: Wind, Weather, NATURAL DISASTERS, more...

Synonyms: destructive wind, typhoon, twister, hurricane, storm, more...

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