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A cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tropical cyclone, cyclone, storm
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
tempesta tropical
— cyclone
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Chinese Mandarin:
熱帶氣旋 /热带气旋
(rèdài qìxuán)
— cyclone
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Chinese Mandarin:
熱帶風暴 /热带风暴
(rèdài fēngbào)
— cyclone
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Dutch:
tropische storm
— cyclone
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Finnish:
trooppinen hirmumyrsky
— cyclone
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French:
cyclone tropical
— cyclone
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German:
tropischer Wirbelsturm
— cyclone
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Irish:
stoirm thrópaiceach
— cyclone
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Polish:
burza tropikalna
— cyclone
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Polish:
sztorm tropikalny
— cyclone
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Spanish:
tormenta tropical
— cyclone
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Tagalog:
unos tropiko
— cyclone
