explosive cyclogenesis
explosive cyclogenesis noun: a decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour period at or north of sixty-degrees latitude.
Noun
explosive cyclogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural explosive cyclogeneses)
- A decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour period at or north of sixty-degrees latitude.
- 1985, SJ Colucci. Journal of the atmospheric sciences, Volume 42, number 24, page 2701, Explosive cyclogenesis and large-scale circulation changes: Implications for atmospheric blocking
- 1986, Frederick Sanders, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 114, page 1781, Explosive Cyclogenesis in the West-Central North Atlantic Ocean, 1981–84. Part I: Composite Structure and Mean Behavior.
- Synonyms:
- bombogenesis, meteorological bomb, weather bomb
Synonyms of explosive cyclogenesis
Forms of explosive cyclogenesis
| plural | explosive cyclogeneses |
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Origin of explosive cyclogenesis
From explosive (“from being the explosive (rapid) generation of an extratropical cyclonic storm”) + cyclogenesis.
Questions about explosive cyclogenesis
- What does explosive cyclogenesis mean?
- Explosive cyclogenesis means a decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour period at or north of sixty-degrees latitude.
- What part of speech is explosive cyclogenesis?
- Explosive cyclogenesis is a noun.
- What is the plural of explosive cyclogenesis?
- The plural of explosive cyclogenesis is explosive cyclogeneses.
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