cyclone

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Well, Mrs. Lathrop, I wish you could have been there to have felt for me, for I may remark as a cyclone is a caterpillar wove up in hisself beside my face when I see myself daisy-chained out o' my own pew by Polly Allen.

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  1. noun Meteorology An atmospheric system characterized by the rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center, usually accompanied by stormy, often destructive weather. Cyclones circulate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
  2. noun Meteorology A violent tropical storm, especially one originating in the southwestern Pacific Ocean or Indian Ocean.
  3. noun A violent rotating windstorm.
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  • It was a tune that whirled up into the air like a cyclone, then jolted along in a rhythm unfamiliar to me but irresistible once my toe had caught it. —  The Historian
  • Dead grass bowed back and forth, rippling like a cyclone was coming. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 06 - December 1995
  • And the wind broke in volleys from the sea, and the rain poured as if the cyclone were a great bucket of water pouring itself endlessly down. —  Lawrence - Kangaroo
  • Bishow Parajuli, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator highlighted the urgent needs for the cyclone-affected communities in the Ayeryarwady Delta, the hardest hit region, as well as other areas of the country at today's meeting. —  ScreenTalk
  • For a fast moving cyclone, the volume above a given height would be less (except near the very centre) because there is less time. —  New Scientist - Earth
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  1. From Greek kuklōn, present participle of kukloun, to rotate, from kuklos, circle; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French cyclone = Spanish ciclon, from Greek κυκλῶν, whirling round, present participle of κυκλοῦν, κυκλόειν, go round, whirl round, as wind or water, move in a circle, surround, from κύκλος, a circle: see cycle.
 

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