tropical cyclone

English

Three tropical cyclones of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season at different stages of development. The weakest (left), a tropical depression, demonstrates only the most basic circular shape. A stronger storm (top right) demonstrates spiral banding and increased centralization, while the strongest (lower right), a typhoon, has developed an eye.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tropical cyclone (plural tropical cyclones)

1. (in the broad sense) a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular/spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes.
2. (in the narrow sense) typhoon, hurricane

Synonyms

• (in the narrow sense) severe tropical cyclone, very intense tropical cyclone (used in the southern hemisphere and the Indian Ocean)

Translations

(broad sense)

• Belarusian: трапі́чны цыкло́н m (trapíčny cyklón)
• Bikol Central: bagyo (bcl)
• Catalan: cicló tropical m
• Cebuano: bagyo
• Dutch: tropische cycloon m
• Estonian: troopiline tsüklon
• French: cyclone tropical (fr) m
• Ilocano: bagio
• Indonesian: siklon tropis (id)
• Kapampangan: baggiu
• Korean: 열대저기압 (ko) (yeoldaejeogiap)
• Polish: cyklon tropikalny m
• Portuguese: ciclone tropical (pt) m
• Russian: тропи́ческий цикло́н m (tropíčeskij ciklón)
• Spanish: ciclón tropical (es) m
• Tagalog: bagyo (tl)
• Ukrainian: тропі́чний цикло́н m (tropíčnyj cyklón)
• Vietnamese: xoáy thuận nhiệt đới
• Waray-Waray: bagyo

See also

• cyclone
• hurricane
• typhoon
• tropical storm
• cyclonic storm
• tropical depression
• tempest
• willy-willy