tropical cyclone

noun

: a cyclone originating in the tropics
specifically : hurricane

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Additional research by other scientists provides further evidence of recent slowdowns in the forward movement of tropical cyclones, while some modeling studies project that future climate change is likely to result in more meandering storms. Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025 Since 1980, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has maintained a database tracking these bank-busting events, logging every drought, flood, freeze, severe storm, tropical cyclone, wildfire, or winter storm that had a price tag of $1 billion or more. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025 Both terms describe tropical cyclones. Phil Helsel, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025 Wilma developed on the afternoon of October 15, 2005 from a tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea near Jamaica, a typical source region for October tropical cyclones, the National Weather Service said. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tropical cyclone

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tropical cyclone was in 1851

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“Tropical cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tropical%20cyclone. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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