| NOUN | state | cyclone | (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center |
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| phenomenon | cyclone | a violent rotating windstorm |
| Sounds | sihklow'n | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. | |
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| Category | meteorology | The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) |
| Parts | low, depression | An air mass of lower pressure |
| Broader | atmosphere, atmospheric state | The weather or climate at some place |
| Opposite | anticyclone | (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center |
| Spanish | ciclones, ciclón | |
| Catalan | cicló | |
| Adjectives | cyclonic | of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm |
| cyclonic, cyclonal, cyclonical | of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center | |
| Meaning | A violent rotating windstorm. | |
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| Narrower | hurricane | A severe / severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) |
| tornado, twister | A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground | |
| typhoon | A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans | |
| Broader | windstorm | A storm consisting of violent winds |
| Spanish | ciclón | |
| Catalan | cicló | |
| Adjectives | cyclonic, cyclonal, cyclonical | of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm |
| cyclonic | of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center | |
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