cyclonic
American
[sahy-klon-ik]
/ saɪˈklɒn ɪk /
Also
cyclonical
adjective
Meteorology.
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of or relating to a cyclone.
a cyclonic system developing to our west.
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describing a direction of rotation that is counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, and undefined at the equator.
In the Weddell Sea, the main circulation is cyclonic.
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