tropical cyclone

noun

: a cyclone originating in the tropics
specifically : hurricane

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Honde was a tropical cyclone in the Mozambique Channel Wednesday afternoon Eastern time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. William B. Davis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 Researchers found that the number of tornadoes produced by tropical cyclones could increase from 56% to 299%. Samantha Putterman, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Oct. 2024 There are many other years in which temperatures remained warm enough for tropical cyclone activity outside of the June to November window and that is reflected in the graphic below. Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024 The area of low pressure, located south of Cuba, currently has a 50 percent chance of reaching tropical cyclone strength in the coming seven days, according to National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasts. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tropical cyclone

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tropical cyclone was in 1851

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“Tropical cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tropical%20cyclone. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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