/suy'kleuh strof"ik, -stroh"fik, sik'le-/ , adj. Meteorol.
pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
[ 1915-20; CYCLO- + LGk strophikós turned, equiv. to Gk stroph- (var. s. of stréphein to turn) + -ikos -IC; see STROPHE ]