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cyclonic

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Rotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • cyclonic destruction

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cyclonal, cyclonical

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • cyclonic cloud pattern

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cyclonal, cyclonical

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English cyclone Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cyclonic From cyclone + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ciclònic — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Finnish: syklonaalinen — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • French: cyclonique — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Italian: ciclonico — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Occitan: ciclonic — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Polish: cyklonowy — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Polish: cykloniczny — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ciclônico — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • European Portuguese: ciclónico — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Russian: циклонный (ciklonnyj) — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Slovak: cyklónový — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Slovak: cyklonálny — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Spanish: ciclónico — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Ukrainian: циклонний (cyklonnyj) — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Ukrainian: циклонічний (cykloničnyj) — of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone
  • Polish: cykliczny — rotating in the same direction as the Earth