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bomb cyclone

bomb cyclone noun: a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by high winds, a high level of precipitation, and rapid development.

Noun

bomb cyclone (plural bomb cyclones)

  1. A type of extratropical cyclone characterized by high winds, a high level of precipitation, and rapid development.
    • It has been suggested that some east coast bomb cyclones form by this process (Shapiro and Keyser, 1990).1992, Peter Jon Pokrandt, A three-dimensional, nonhydrostatic investigation of warm core cyclogenesis at high latitude, University of Wisconsin--Madison, page 1
    • In a compositing study of bomb cyclones, Manobianco (1989) found a prominent localized VM upstream from the developing surface cyclone.c. 1999, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 128, Issues 1-4, American Meteorological Society, page 403

Forms of bomb cyclone

pluralbomb cyclones

Origin of bomb cyclone

From bomb (“referring to the extreme rapidity of the storm's development”) + cyclone.

Questions about bomb cyclone

What does bomb cyclone mean?
Bomb cyclone means a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by high winds, a high level of precipitation, and rapid development.
What part of speech is bomb cyclone?
Bomb cyclone is a noun.
What is the plural of bomb cyclone?
The plural of bomb cyclone is bomb cyclones.

Words near bomb cyclone in the dictionary

  1. bomb ass
  2. bomb calorimeter
  3. bomb calorimeters
  4. bomb crater
  5. bomb craters
  6. bomb cyclone
  7. bomb cyclones
  8. bomb diggety
  9. bomb disposal unit
  10. bomb disposal units
  11. bomb drop

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