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supercyclone

supercyclone noun: a very strong cyclone.

Noun

supercyclone (plural supercyclones)

  1. A very strong cyclone.
    • The more sudden the lifting, the more violent the precipitation. In the cyclone itself there are very strong winds. The greater the difference in temperature (and therefore pressure) between the two air masses, the stronger these winds will be. Occasionally in the springtime (and especially in the...1981, Christopher Lampton, Meteorology, An Introduction, Watts, →ISBN, page 77
    • Hurricanes are supercyclones, their rains and winds intensified far beyond those of most middle-latitude cyclones (tornadoes excepted) by the superinfusions of heat and moisture they get from moving over the ocean for days at a time. In the Atlantic, they typically are bom as tropical thunderstorms...1999, William K. Stevens, The Change in the Weather: People, Weather, and the Science of Climate, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, pages 116-117

Examples of supercyclone in a sentence

  • Occasionally in the springtime (and especially in the midwestern United States), two air masses of such differing temperatures will come together that a sort of supercyclone occurs.1981, Christopher Lampton, Meteorology, An Introduction, Watts, →ISBN, page 77:
  • In India, 10,000 people lost their lives in a 1998 cyclone in Gujarat; the following year as many as 50,000 died when a “supercyclone” hit Orissa.2001, Janet N. Abramovitz, Unnatural Disasters, Worldwatch Institute, →ISBN, page 6:
  • The supercyclone was an environmentalist's worst nightmare.2002, James Haley, Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints, Greenhaven Press, →ISBN, page 104:

Forms of supercyclone

pluralsupercyclones

Origin of supercyclone

From super- + cyclone.

Questions about supercyclone

What does supercyclone mean?
Supercyclone means a very strong cyclone.
How do you use supercyclone in a sentence?
Occasionally in the springtime (and especially in the midwestern United States), two air masses of such differing temperatures will come together that a sort of supercyclone occurs.
What part of speech is supercyclone?
Supercyclone is a noun.
What is the plural of supercyclone?
The plural of supercyclone is supercyclones.

Words near supercyclone in the dictionary

  1. supercuts
  2. supercycle
  3. supercycles
  4. supercyclic
  5. supercyclicity
  6. supercyclone
  7. supercyclones
  8. supercynical
  9. superdad
  10. superdads
  11. superdainty

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