cyclonic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sī klon′ik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cy•clon•ic  (sī klon′ik),USA pronunciation adj. [Meteorol.]
  1. Meteorologyof or pertaining to a cyclone.
  2. Meteorologydescribing a direction of rotation that is counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Also, cy•clon′i•cal. 
  • cyclone + -ic 1855–60
cy•clon′i•cal•ly, adv. 

'cyclonic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cyclone - disturbance - extratropical cyclone - frontal cyclone - hurricane - northeast storm - storm center - storm centre - storm track - surge

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