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1. (n.) cyclone
a large-scale atmospheric wind-and-pressure system characterized by low pressure at its center and by circular wind motion, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
2. cyclone
(not in technical use) a tornado.
3. cyclone
a device for removing small or powdered solids from air, water, or other gases or liquids by centrifugal force.
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1. (noun) cyclone
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
2. (noun) cyclone
a violent rotating windstorm
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1. (noun) cyclone
a violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour
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Sense: a violent wind-storm
The cyclone ripped the roofs off houses and tore up trees.
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 Afrikaans: sikloon |
 Arabic: إعصار، عاصِفَه دوّاره |
 Bulgarian: циклон |
 Brazilian: ciclone |
 Czech: cyklóna, bouře |
 German: der Zyklon |
 Danish: cyklon; hvirvelstorm |
 Greek: κυκλώνας |
 Spanish: ciclón |
 Estonian: keeristorm |
 Farsi: گردباد؛ توفان |
 Finnish: pyörremyrsky |
 French: cyclone |
 Hebrew: צִיקלוֹן |
 Hindi: तूफान |
 Croatian: ciklon |
 Hungarian: ciklon |
 Indonesian: badai |
 Icelandic: hvirfilbylur, fellibylur |
 Italian: ciclone |
 Japanese: サイクロン |
 Korean: 사이클론 |
 Lithuanian: ciklonas |
 Latvian: ciklons |
 Malay: siklon |
 Dutch: cycloon |
 Norwegian: virvelstorm, syklon |
 Polish: cyklon |
 Persian: گردباد؛ توفان |
 Pashto: طوفان |
 Portuguese: ciclone |
 Romanian: ciclon |
 Russian: циклон |
 Slovak: cyklón |
 Slovenian: ciklon |
 Serbian: ciklon |
 Swedish: cyklon, virvelvind |
 Thai: พายุหมุนไซโคลน |
 Turkish: kasırga |
 Taiwanese: 旋風 |
 Ukrainian: циклон |
 Urdu: طوفان، طوفانى بگولہ |
 Vietnamese: gió xoáy |
 Chinese: 旋风，气旋 |
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