Word: Cyclone
How to pronounce: ˈsaɪkləʊn
Noun
Definitions:
1. A system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
Example sentences: "Visitors were told how weather data which flow in continuously from around 500 weather stations all over the country are analysed, plotted on maps and then low pressure zones determined to forecast depressions and cyclones."
Synonyms:
hydrocyclone
hydraulic cyclone
cyclon
cyclone separator
tropical cyclone
hurricane
Derivations:
cyclonic
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Cyclone in Other Languages...
Spanish:
German: Zyklon
French: Cyclone
Italian: Ciclone
Turkish: Siklon
