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cy⋅clon⋅ic

  [sahy-klon-ik]
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–adjective Meteorology.
1. of or pertaining to a cyclone.
2. describing a direction of rotation that is counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Also, cy⋅clon⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1855–60; cyclone + -ic

Related forms:
cy⋅clon⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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