cyclone

Meaning

Noun

1. (broadly) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
2. (specifically) A tropical cyclone occurring in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean.
3. (informal) The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.
4. (informal) A strong wind.
5. A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator

Verb

1. To separate using a cyclone separator.
2. To storm as a cyclone.
3. To whirl in spirals as a result of a cyclone or whirlwind-like force.
4. To storm wildly; to be in a frenzy.

Synonyms

whirlwind

tornado

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storm

hurricane

typhoon

twister

windstorm

gale

waterfalls

wind

dust devil

bad wind storm

hurricane a typhoon

cyclone separating device

cycylone separator

cyclopneumatic separator

gas eddy

bad temper

ring ketone

low

thunderstorm

water spout

tense situation

turboseparator

whirlcone

depression

cyclone separator

cyclone dust collector

cyclone settler

Translations

cyclone

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ciclón

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ciclone

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Zyklon

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ciclone

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cycloon

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κυκλώνας

Wirbelsturm

cicló

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wervelstorm

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siklon

🌀

إعصار

cyclonas

kasırga

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsaɪ.kloʊn/

Etymology

Coined by Henry Piddington, probably in the 1840s, and based on some term in Ancient Greek. Sources disagree on the date and on which Ancient Greek term, though it had to be something derived from either κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”) or κυκλόω (kuklóō, “go around in a circle, form a circle, encircle”), for example the present active participle κυκλῶν (kuklôn). See cycle and wheel.