CYCLONE

cyclone

(noun) a violent rotating windstorm

cyclone

(noun) (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cyclone (plural cyclones)

(broad sense) A weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure

(narrow sense) Such weather phenomenon occurring in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean

A low pressure system.

(informal) The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.

A strong wind.

A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator

Source: Wiktionary

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Cy"clone (s"kln), n. Etym: [Gr. (Meteor.)

Definition: A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour.

Note: The atmospheric disturbance usually accompanying a cyclone, marked by an onward moving area of high pressure, is called an anticyclone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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