Meanings
comparative more cyclonic · superlative most cyclonic
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone.
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.
1 more example
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 28, 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 - climatologyRotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center
adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)der.?
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Ancient Greekκυκλόω (kuklóō)der.?
- Englishcyclone
- Englishcyclonic
Translations
Brazilian Portuguese ciclônico
- ciclônicoof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
Catalan ciclònic
- ciclònicof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
European Portuguese ciclónico
- ciclónicoof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
Finnish syklonaalinen
- syklonaalinenof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
French cyclonique
- cycloniqueof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
Italian ciclonico
- ciclonicoof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
Polish cyklonowy, cykloniczny
- cyklonowyof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
- cyklonicznyof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
- cyklicznyrotating in the same direction as the Earth
Russian циклонный
- циклонный (ciklonnyj)of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
Slovak cyklónový, cyklonálny
- cyklónovýof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
- cyklonálnyof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
Spanish ciclónico
- ciclónicoof, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
Ukrainian циклонний, циклонічний
- циклонний (cyklonnyj)of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
- циклонічний (cykloničnyj)of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
Cite this entry
cyclonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclonic
“cyclonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclonic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclonic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclonic.
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