Definition of "cyclonic" [cy•clon•ic]

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

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• "The difference between the two culminated in a disturbance which might aptly be called cyclonic, for Sempland on nearly the first occasion that he had been permitted to leave the hospital had repaired to Fanny"
• "Modern science shows that all storms are cyclonic, that is, are circular eddies of wind of greater or less diameter."
• "Mr. Payton had felt inclined to read his "cyclonic" young daughter a lecture, but the sight of her bright young face completely disarmed him, and he could only breathe a prayer of thankfulness that she was safe."