Cyclonic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cyclonic \Cy*clon"ic\ (s?-kl?n"?k), a.
     Pertaining to a cyclone.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  cyclonic
       adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around
              a low pressure center; "cyclonic cloud pattern" [syn:
              {cyclonal}, {cyclonical}]
       2: of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical
          storm; "cyclonic destruction" [syn: {cyclonal}, {cyclonical}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "cyclonic":
     aerographic, aerologic, angry, baric, barographic, barometric,
     circumgyratory, circumvolutory, climatologic, cloudy, dirty,
     elemental, foul, gulfy, gyral, gyrational, gyratory, gyrostatic,
     high-pressure, isobaric, isometric, isopiestic, macroclimatic,
     meteorologic, microclimatic, microclimatologic, raging, rainy,
     rotary, rotational, rotatory, storming, stormy, swirly,
     tempestuous, tornadic, trochilic, turbulent, typhonic, typhoonish,
     vertiginous, vortical, whirlabout, whirligig, whirlwindish,
     whirlwindy, whirly