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Word: Cyclone
Speech Type: Noun
mid 19th century: probably from Greek kuklōma ‘wheel, coil of a snake’, from kuklos ‘circle’. The change of spelling from -m to -n is unexplained
ˈsʌɪkləʊn
a system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
Short Definition:system of winds rotating inwards to area of low barometric pressure
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