cyclones
noun
Meaning
- (broad sense) A weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure
- (narrow sense) Such weather phenomenon occurring in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean
- A low pressure system.
- The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.
- A strong wind.
- A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator
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