ciclone — meaning in English
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English meaning
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cyclone
noun A large storm system with winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure.
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tornado
noun A violently spinning column of air that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch the ground, capable of destroying almost everything in its path.
Senses
ciclone is used for these senses in English:
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cyclone
(broadly) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
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tornado
(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
cyclone — full definition
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noun A large storm system with winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure.
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noun A tropical storm of this kind, especially one occurring in the Indian Ocean or South Pacific.
