cyclone
pronunciation
How to pronounce cyclone in British English:
UK [ˈsaɪkləʊn]
How to pronounce cyclone in American English:
US [ˈsaɪkloʊn]
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- Noun:
- (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
- a violent rotating windstorm
Word Origin
- cyclone (n.)
- 1848, coined by British East India Company official Henry Piddington to describe the devastating storm of December 1789 in Coringa, India; irregularly formed from Greek kyklon "moving in a circle, whirling around," present participle of kykloun "move in a circle, whirl," from kyklos "circle" (see cycle (n.)). Applied to tornados from 1856.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Dead bodies lined up after cyclone aila hit gabura , satkhira
- 2. " It 's like a cyclone on mute " said kassem .
- 3. But more than a month after the cyclone , many have still not been reached .
- 4. The cyclone on saturn 's south pole has been observed before , but never in as much detail .
- 5. Tropical cyclone funso , observed by modis on nasa 's aqua satellite , on january 26 , 2012 .