Lexic.us

Definition of Cyclonic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center. "Cyclonic cloud pattern"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm. "Cyclonic destruction"

Definition of Cyclonic

1. a. Pertaining to a cyclone.

Definition of Cyclonic

1. Adjective. of, or pertaining to a cyclone ¹

2. Adjective. (meteorology) rotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cyclonic

1. cyclone [adj] - See also: cyclone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclonic

cyclometers cyclometric cyclometry cyclomixer cyclonal cyclonamine cyclone cyclone cellar cyclone separator cyclonelike

cycloneolignane cycloneolignanes cyclones cycloneuralian cycloneuralians cyclonic (current term) cyclonical cyclonically cyclonite cyclonites

cyclononane cyclooctadiene cyclooctadienes cyclooctane cyclooctannulated cyclooctannulation cyclooctatetraene cyclooctatetraenes cyclooctatriene cyclooctene

Literary usage of Cyclonic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Human Geography by Ellsworth Huntington, Sumner W. Cushing (1922)
"These are the regions of cyclonic storms. They form two irregular belts. ... In Asia the northern cyclonic belt extends into Siberia, where it is followed ..."

2. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"The volume of cyclonic wind over one station during a fair term of 26 years ... The direction and force of " cyclonic " winds are entered as such when the ..."

3. Physics of the Air by William Jackson Humphreys (1920)
"... regions have approximately the same average cyclonic wind velocities. ... most of the precipitation due to cyclonic storms occurs to the east and ..."

4. The American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation and by Nathaniel Bowditch, George Wood Logan (1906)
"60), which exhibit the general character of cyclonic (around the low) and anticyclonic ... cyclonic. The light arrows show the direction of the gradients; ..."

5. A Popular Treatise on the Winds: Comprising the General Motions of the by William Ferrel (1889)
"RESULTANTS OF cyclonic AND PROGRESSIVE MOTIONS. 200. ... 8, represent the velocity and direction of the cyclonic motion on the several sides of the cyclone, ..."

6. Practical Physiography by Harold Wellman Fairbanks (1906)
"cyclonic Winds and Storms. — The common dust whirl, which every one has seen, is the best illustration upon a small scale of the movement of the air in a ..."

7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1888)
"The cyclonic phenomena of New England bave been studied by Prof. ... The greater amount of precipitation precedes the pas- s'iCe of the cyclonic centers. ..."

8. Meteorology, Practical and Applied by Sir John William Moore (1894)
"The regular, or periodic, variations are (1) diurnal, (2) annual. The irregular or non-periodic variations are (1) cyclonic ..."

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