tropical cyclone

noun

: a cyclone originating in the tropics
specifically : hurricane

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Barry is the 20th tropical cyclone or remnant to cause over 15 inches of rain across interior Texas since 1913, according to the National Weather Service. Simmone Shah, Time, 8 July 2025 The satellite photo was captured in 2015, a year after an intense tropical cyclone shifted the sand, potentially revealing the plane, said Pettigrew, who took the evidence to Purdue. Tom Costello, NBC news, 2 July 2025 Hurricanes are tropical cyclones with sustained winds of more than 74 mph (119 km/h) that develop east of the international date line. Tom Brown, Space.com, 29 June 2025 According to the National Weather Service (NWS), a tropical depression is a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained surface winds of 38 miles per hour or lower. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 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 20 Jul. 2025.

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