Associations to the word «Cyclonic»

Wiktionary

CYCLONIC, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone.
CYCLONIC, adjective. (meteorology) Rotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Dictionary definition

CYCLONIC, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center; "cyclonic cloud pattern".
CYCLONIC, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm; "cyclonic destruction".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats