cyclone
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1. a violent rotating windstorm (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | windstorm, |
| definition | : | a storm consisting of violent winds (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | hurricane, |
| definition | : | a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | tornado, twister, |
| definition | : | a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | typhoon, |
| definition | : | a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans (noun.phenomenon) |
2. (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern (noun.state)
| part holonym | : | depression, low, |
| definition | : | an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation (noun.state) |
| domain category | : | meteorology, |
| definition | : | the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) (noun.cognition) |
3. a violent rotating windstorm (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | cyclonal, cyclonic, cyclonical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center (adj.pert) |
4. (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern (noun.state)
| antonym | : | anticyclone, |
| definition | : | (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | cyclonal, cyclonic, cyclonical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center (adj.pert) |
5. a violent rotating windstorm (noun.phenomenon)
| derivation | : | cyclonal, cyclonic, cyclonical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center (adj.pert) |
6. (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern (noun.state)
| antonym | : | anticyclone, |
| definition | : | (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | cyclonal, cyclonic, cyclonical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center (adj.pert) |
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