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Meaning of cyclonic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone.
Rotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Equivalents

Français cyclonique

Polski cykloniczny cyklonowy

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.”

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

cyclooctannulated cycloolefinic cyclopalladated cycloparaffinic cyclopean cyclopedic