CYCLOSTROPHIC


Meaning of CYCLOSTROPHIC in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at cyclo- +|sträfik adjective

Etymology: cycl- + Late Greek strophikos fit to be turned, turned, from Greek stroph- (stem of strephein to turn) + -ikos -ic — more at strophe

: of cyclic compulsion — used of the component of the deflective force of a wind that is due to the curvature of its path

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