EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE


Meaning of EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE in English

/ek"streuh trop"i keuhl, ek'-/

any large-scale, cyclonic storm that is not a tropical cyclone, esp. the common frontal cyclone of the middle and high latitudes.

[ 1920-25; EXTRA- + TROPICAL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .