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cyclonic

/sahy-klon-ik/US // saɪˈklɒn ɪk //

旋风式,旋风型,旋风式的,旋风

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Meteorology.

    • : of or relating to a cyclone: a cyclonic system developing to our west.
    • : 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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Examples

  • Finally, the team calculated the energy demands of all five species under both typical winter and cyclonic conditions.

  • He then calls Fox News a “cyclonic perpetual emotion machine.”

  • One of the most valuable services rendered is that of the warnings of cyclonic storms for the benefit of marine interests.

  • Here was a man who stood four square to the winds, undisturbed by the cyclonic outbursts of unfriendly newspapers.

  • This may give a rough idea of the apparatus employed to measure the momentary velocity of the cyclonic gusts.

  • There was a sudden crashing arc and a blaze of blue flame that swept in a cyclonic twisting motion inside the crucible.

  • Jim saw the black smoke masses whirl through the jagged hole in the Dome's wall as the air burst out in a cyclonic gust.