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wave cyclone

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[weyv sahy-klohn] / ˈweɪv ˈsaɪ kloʊn /

noun

Meteorology.

  1. a cyclone that forms on a front and, in maturing, produces an increasingly sharp, wavelike deformation of the front.

Etymology

Origin of wave cyclone

First recorded in 1935–40

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