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cyclostrophic

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cy⋅clo⋅stroph⋅ic

  [sahy-kluh-strof-ik, -stroh-fik, sik-le-]
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–adjective Meteorology.
pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
Origin:
1915–20; cyclo- + LGk strophikós turned, equiv. to Gk stroph- (var. s. of stréphein to turn) + -ikos -ic; see strophe
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