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A type of extratropical cyclone characterized by high winds, a high level of precipitation, and rapid development.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
Examples
- c. 1999, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 128, Issues 1-4, American Meteorological Society, page 403, In a compositing study of bomb cyclones, Manobianco (1989) found a prominent localized VM upstream from the developing surface cyclone.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
From bomb (“referring to the extreme rapidity of the storm's development”) + cyclone.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
炸彈氣旋 /炸弹气旋
(zhàdànqìxuán)
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French:
bombe cyclonique
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German:
Bombenzyklon
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Italian:
ciclone bomba
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Japanese:
爆弾サイクロン
(bakudan saikuron)
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Japanese:
爆弾低気圧
(bakudan tēkiatsu)
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Spanish:
ciclón bomba
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