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Cyclonic vs Cyclolysis - What's the difference?

cyclonic | cyclolysis |

In meteorology terms the difference between cyclonic and cyclolysis

is that cyclonic is rotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere while cyclolysis is the weakening or termination of a cyclonic circulation in the atmosphere.

As an adjective cyclonic

is of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone.

As a noun cyclolysis is

the weakening or termination of a cyclonic circulation in the atmosphere.

cyclonic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cyclone.
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  • , author=Frank Fish, George Lauder , title=Not Just Going with the Flow , volume=101, issue=2, page=114 , magazine= citation , passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
  • (meteorology) Rotating in the same direction as the Earth i.e. anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • cyclolysis

    English

    Noun

    (cyclolyses)
  • (meteorology) The weakening or termination of a cyclonic circulation in the atmosphere