Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or characteristic of a cyclone: Describes something connected to the violent, rotating wind system of a tropical storm or hurricane.
   • Relating to or characteristic of atmospheric circulation around a low-pressure center: Describes the rotational pattern of winds or clouds associated with any low-pressure weather system, not necessarily tropical.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The region faced cyclonical winds that uprooted trees. (The winds were characteristic of a cyclone.)
  • Meteorologists observed a cyclonical cloud formation on the satellite image. (The cloud pattern showed rotation around a low-pressure center.)

Advanced Usage

• "cyclonical rotation": Refers specifically to the counterclockwise (in the Northern Hemisphere) or clockwise (in the Southern Hemisphere) rotation of air around a low-pressure center.
  • The storm's cyclonical rotation became more defined as it intensified.

Variants and Related Words

• Cyclonic (adj): The more common and often preferred variant, identical in meaning to 'cyclonical'.
  • The storm's cyclonic activity caused widespread damage.
• Cyclone (n): The core noun meaning a system of winds rotating inward.
• Anticyclonic (adj): Describing the opposite atmospheric circulation around a high-pressure center.

Synonyms

• Vortical: Relating to or resembling a vortex or whirl.
• Whirling: Moving rapidly in a circle.

Related Phrases

• Cyclonic storm: A storm system with cyclonic circulation.
• Cyclonic flow: The pattern of wind flow around a cyclone.

Adjective

1. of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm
   • cyclonic destruction
2. of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center
   • cyclonic cloud pattern