cyclonic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English cyclone Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cyclonic From cyclone + -ic.
Meanings
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone.
An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
2013 March 14, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 01 May 2013, page 114:1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter I, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt The wind was blowing in cyclonic fashion, but not a drop of rain fell.
- Rotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most cyclonic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more cyclonic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cyclonic storm · cyclonic separation · anticyclonic · cyclonic vacuum cleaner · noncyclonic · cyclonically · mesocyclonic
Translations (16)
fi syklonaalinen (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · es ciclónico (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · sk cyklonálny (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · uk циклонічний (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · pt ciclônico (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · pl cykloniczny (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · it ciclonico (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · ru циклонный (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · pl cykliczny (rotating in the same direction as the Earth) · fr cyclonique (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · ca ciclònic (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · pl cyklonowy (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · sk cyklónový (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · oc ciclonic (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · pt ciclónico (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone) · uk циклонний (of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone)