English-Thai Dictionary

cyclone

N พายุหมุน ไซโคลน  pha-yu-mun-sai-klon

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CYCLONE

Cy "clone (s "kln ), n. Etym: [Gr. (Meteor. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

Note: The atmospheric disturbance usually accompanying a cyclone, marked by an onward moving area of high pressure, is called an anticyclone.

 

CYCLONE CELLAR; CYCLONE PIT

CYCLONE CELLAR; CYCLONE PIT Cyclone cellar or pit.

 

Defn: A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. [Middle U. S.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cyclone

cy clone |ˈsīˌklōn ˈsaɪˌkloʊn | ▶noun Meteorology a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere ) or clockwise (southern hemisphere ) circulation; a depression. • another term for tropical storm. DERIVATIVES cy clon ic |sīˈklänik |adjective, cy clon i cal ly |sīˈklänik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably from Greek kuklōma ‘wheel, coil of a snake, ’ from kuklos ‘circle. ’ The change of spelling from -m to -n is unexplained.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cyclone

cyclone |ˈsʌɪkləʊn | ▶noun Meteorology a system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere ) or clockwise (southern hemisphere ) circulation; a depression. • another term for tropical storm. DERIVATIVES cyclonic |-ˈklɒnɪk |adjective, cyclonically |-ˈklɒnɪk (ə )li |adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably from Greek kuklōma ‘wheel, coil of a snake ’, from kuklos ‘circle ’. The change of spelling from -m to -n is unexplained.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cyclone

cyclone noun See storm (sense 1 of the noun ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cyclone

cyclone noun hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, storm, tornado, windstorm, whirlwind, tempest; Austral. /NZ informal willy-willy; N. Amer. informal twister.

 

French Dictionary

cyclone

cyclone n. m. nom masculin météorologie Dépression atmosphérique de grande ampleur caractérisée par un puissant tourbillon de vents très destructeurs accompagnés de précipitations abondantes. Note Technique Le terme cyclone est usité en Europe; au Québec et dans la francophonie canadienne, on emploie le nom ouragan en ce sens. Être dans l ’œil du cyclone. Être au cœur de la tempête, dans la tourmente, au centre de difficultés. L ’œil du cyclone. Zone de vents faibles au centre du tourbillon. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec les noms suivants: • bourrasque, coup de vent violent et de courte durée; • tornade, dépression atmosphérique tourbillonnaire très intense, mais de petite dimension et de courte durée; • trombe, colonne tourbillonnante qui soulève les eaux et déverse des torrents de pluie. Note Orthographique c y cl o ne.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cyclone

cy clone /sáɪkloʊn /名詞 C 1 サイクロン 〘特にインド洋に発生する猛烈な威力を持つ熱帯性低気圧; →hurricane , typhoon 〙; (一般に )熱帯性低気圧 (tropical cyclone ).2 大竜巻 (tornado ).3 〘機 〙遠心分離機 .C -́ f è nce ｟商標 ｠サイクロンフェンス 〘米国製の波型鉄鋼フェンス 〙.