ciclón

Definitions of ciclón
  1. noun
    a violent rotating windstorm
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    baguío, huracán, vendaval, vórtice
    a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
    tornado
    a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
    baguío, tifón
    a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
    tromba
    a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist
  2. noun
    (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
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    antonyms:
    anticiclón
    (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
    type of:
    atmosfera, atmósfera, estado atmosférico
    the weather or climate at some place
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