cyclone
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cyclone
- /ˈsaɪ.kloʊn/ US
- /ˈsaɪ.kləʊn/ UK
Where it comes from
Coined by English scientist and merchant captain 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.
noun cyclones
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Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
Near-synonym: storm
Similar: storm
- A tropical cyclone occurring in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean. Near-synonyms: typhoon, hurricane
- 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
verb cyclones · cycloning · cycloned
- To separate using a cyclone separator. The product is cycloned and overflow at 45-50% solids is pumped to primary flotation where 50-70% of the copper is removed as a 21% concentrate.
- To storm as a cyclone. What difference if it rained, hailed, blew, snowed, cycloned?
- To whirl in spirals as a result of a cyclone or whirlwind-like force. White dust was cycloning at the bottom of ravines that cut for miles into the red flatness
- To storm wildly; to be in a frenzy. When Whyte got an eyeful of our groundsman's Barkjano ass bouncing to a rapid beat, he exploded, not so much in words as in gestures and a rapid departure that contained far greater energy than a trifling “storm”—he cycloned-whirlwinded-squalled and thundergaled out of the house and the whole barbec
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hurricane, whirlwind, typhoon, tornado, storm, dust, extratropical, twister, hit, disaster, powerful, turmoil, furious, carson, hurricanes, tornadoes
Translations
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noun rotating system of winds
| Español | ciclón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사이클론 saikeullon, 저기압 jeogiap |
| 日本語 | サイクロン saikuron, 低気圧 teikiatsu, 超低気圧 chō teikiatsu |
| 中文 | 氣旋 /气旋 qìxuán, 龍捲風 /龙卷风 lóngjuǎnfēng |
| हिन्दी | चक्रवात cakravāt |
| Kiswahili | saikloni |
| Português | ciclone |
| Français | cyclone |
| Deutsch | Zyklon, Zyklone |
| Italiano | ciclone |
| Ελληνικά | κυκλώνας kyklónas |
| Română | ciclon |
| Русский | цикло́н ciklón |
| Tiếng Việt | khi xoáy thuận, khi xoáy tụ, bão |
| العربية | إِعْصَار ʔiʕṣār |
| עברית | צִיקְלוֹן tsiklón |
noun South Pacific and Indian Ocean weather phenomenon
| हिन्दी | चक्रवात cakravāt |
|---|---|
| Français | cyclone |
| Ελληνικά | κυκλώνας kyklónas |
noun strong wind
| 中文 | 强風 qiángfēng |
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title = {cyclone},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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