Phrase guide

explosive cyclogenesis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour period at or north of sixty-degrees latitude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 1985, SJ Colucci. Journal of the atmospheric sciences, Volume 42, number 24, page 2701, Explosive cyclogenesis and large-scale circulation changes: Implications for atmospheric blocking
  • 1986, Frederick Sanders, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 114, page 1781, Explosive Cyclogenesis in the West-Central North Atlantic Ocean, 1981–84. Part I: Composite Structure and Mean Behavior.
  • 2000, John R. Gyakum and Richard E. Danielson, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 128, page 851, Analysis of Meteorological Precursors to Ordinary and Explosive Cyclogenesis in the Western North Pacific.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bombogenesis, meteorological bomb, weather bomb

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From explosive (“from being the explosive (rapid) generation of an extratropical cyclonic storm”) + cyclogenesis.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 爆發性旋生 /爆发性旋生 (bàofāxìngxuánshēng) — Translations
  • Japanese: 爆発性低気圧発生 (bakuhatsusē tēkiatsu hatsē) — Translations