cyclone
/ˈsaɪ.kloʊn/noun2 syllables
Cyclone means: (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern.
Opposites of cyclone
anticyclone
What does cyclone mean?2
noun
1
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
2
a violent rotating windstorm
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with cyclone?35
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Cyclone in a sentence
- Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons all refer to the same weather phenomenon.Hybrid
- The cyclone had given the unbroken house to a land of divine beauty.jan_usawi_sewi_o
- Many houses in my village have been destroyed by the cyclone.LeeSooHa
- Algeria isn't in a cyclone region.Amastan
- The cyclone destroyed everything in its path.CK
- A powerful Scandinavian cyclone is approaching.AlanF_US
- There are no cyclones in Algeria.Amastan
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Forms of cyclone
as a noun
- plural
- cyclones