cyclone
UK/ˈsaɪ.kləʊn//ˈsaɪ.kloʊn/
cyclone noun: any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
Noun
cyclone (plural cyclones)
- Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
- Near-synonym: storm
- Synonyms:
- storm
- A tropical cyclone occurring in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean.
- Near-synonyms: typhoon, hurricane
- The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.
- A strong wind.
- A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator
Verb
cyclone (third-person singular simple present cyclones, present participle cycloning, simple past and past participle cycloned)
- To separate using a cyclone separator.
- The product is cycloned and overflow at 45-50% solids is pumped to primary flotation where 50-70% of the copper is removed as a 21% concentrate.1977, Western Miner and Oil Review - Volume 50, page 35
- The Syncrude Tar Sand Mine in Alberta, Canada uses a similar hydraulic cell construction technique to raise tailings embankments, although tailings are not cycloned.1988, Dirk J. A. Van Zyl, Steven G. Vick, Hydraulic Fill Structures, page 59
- To storm as a cyclone.
- What difference if it rained, hailed, blew, snowed, cycloned?1907, O. Henry, “The Purple Dress”, in The Trimmed Lamp
- To whirl in spirals as a result of a cyclone or whirlwind-like force.
- White dust was cycloning at the bottom of ravines that cut for miles into the red flatness1997, D. J. H. Jones, Murder in the New Age
- Pine needles cycloned wildly as Jan swung her car into the Institute's parking lot.2018, Wayne Kyle Spitzer, Death Scene, page 2
- To storm wildly; to be in a frenzy.
- When Whyte got an eyeful of our groundsman's Barkjano ass bouncing to a rapid beat, he exploded, not so much in words as in gestures and a rapid departure that contained far greater energy than a trifling “storm”—he cycloned-whirlwinded-squalled and thundergaled out of the house and the whole...early 21st century, Wilyem Clark, The Imbeciliad, page 79
- The winds of change cycloned around Rhodesia and the debris began to fall within its borders.2013, Dan Tharp·, Africa Lost: Rhodesia's COIN Killing Machine
cyclone meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cyclone in Hindi
- rotating system of winds
- चक्रवात cakravāt
- South Pacific and Indian Ocean weather phenomenon
- चक्रवात cakravāt
cyclone in Tamil
- புயல், புயல்காற்று, சூறாவளி, சுழல் காற்று, சுழற்காற்று
cyclone in Marathi
- चक्रीवादळ, चक्रीवादळाला
cyclone in Urdu
- سائکلون
More languagesFewer languages
- cyclone in Bengali
- সাইক্লোন śaiklōn, তুফান tuphan
- cyclone in Telugu
- తుఫాను tuphānu, గాలివాన gālivāna
- cyclone in Malayalam
- ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റ് cuḻalikkāṟṟŭ
- cyclone in Kannada
- ಸುಟ್ಟುರೆ, ಸುಂಟರ, ಸುಳಿಗಾಳಿ, ತೆಳ್ಳೆಲರು
- cyclone in Punjabi
- ਚੱਕਰਵਾਤ
- cyclone in Gujarati
- ચક્રવાત cakravāt, વાવાઝોડું vāvājhoḍũ
- cyclone in Odia
- ଘୂର୍ଣ୍ଣିବାତ୍ଯ଼ା
- cyclone in Sanskrit
- चक्रवात cakravāta
- cyclone in Assamese
- ঘূৰ্ণিবতাহ ghurnibotah
- cyclone in Nepali
- चक्रवात
- cyclone in Tagalog
- buhawi
- cyclone in Arabic
- إِعْصَار ʔiʕṣār
- cyclone in Malay
- siklon
- cyclone in Indonesian
- siklon
- cyclone in Persian
- سیکلون siklon, چرخند čarxand
- cyclone in Thai
- ไซโคลน sai-kloon
- cyclone in Vietnamese
- khi xoáy thuận, khi xoáy tụ, bão
- cyclone in Myanmar
- လေကတော့ leka.tau., လေမုန်တိုင်း lemuntuing:
Examples of cyclone in a sentence
- Some catsup manufacturers demand a hot break before the tomatoes are cycloned in order to retain the largest possible amount of pectin from the tomatoes.2013, WA Gould, Tomato Production, Processing and Technology, page 238:
- The unicorn stamped and gave him a scornful look as Sally cycloned away from them, but Wulfric laughed to himself a crafty laugh.2020, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Songs From the Seashell Archives:
- He raised his arms in supplication even as the cloak's hood blew back and his hair cycloned—like he was standing in a vortex.2021, Wayne Kyle Spitzer, The Lost Country, page 17:
- It quickly cycloned into a sort of frantic agitation with all-nighters, near misses, and frenzied nerves.2015, Robert J. Morgan, Mastering Life Before It's Too Late:
Synonyms of cyclone
Forms of cyclone
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cyclones |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cyclones |
| present participle | cycloning |
| past participle | cycloned |
| past | cycloned |
Origin of cyclone
Coined by English scientist and merchant captain Henry Piddington, probably in the 1840s, and based on some term in Ancient Greek. Sources disagree on the date and on which Ancient Greek term, though it had to be something derived from either κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”) or κυκλόω (kuklóō, “go around in a circle, form a circle, encircle”), for example the present active participle κυκλῶν (kuklôn). See cycle and wheel.
Words formed from cyclone
- anticyclone
- bomb cyclone
- cyclone cellar
- cyclone chaser
- cyclone fence
- cyclone hunter
- cyclonelike
- cyclone pit
- cyclone sandwich
- cyclonic
- cyclonoscope
- extratropical cyclone
- ex-tropical cyclone
- hydrocyclone
- mesocyclone
- misocyclone
- multicyclone
- news cyclone
- subtropical cyclone
- supercyclone
- tropical cyclone
Phrases with cyclone
Questions about cyclone
- What does cyclone mean?
- Cyclone means any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
- What is cyclone in Hindi?
- Cyclone in Hindi is चक्रवात (cakravāt). See Cyclone meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use cyclone in a sentence?
- Some catsup manufacturers demand a hot break before the tomatoes are cycloned in order to retain the largest possible amount of pectin from the tomatoes.
- What part of speech is cyclone?
- Cyclone can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cyclone?
- Cyclone is pronounced /ˈsaɪ.kloʊn/ (US).
- What is the plural of cyclone?
- The plural of cyclone is cyclones.
Words near cyclone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cyclone (page history and authors); cyclone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cyclone (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyclone (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); তুফান (Bengali) (page history and authors); ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); cyclone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cyclone (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cyclone (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ঘূৰ্ণিবতাহ (Assamese) (page history and authors); cyclone (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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