Vocabulary : Cycloidal to Cyclop

Cycloidal : Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base.
Cycloidei : An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial.
Cycloidian : Same as 2d and 3d Cycloid.
Cyclometer : A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle.
Cyclometry : The art of measuring circles.

Cyclone : A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour. ;; In general, a condition of the atmosphere characterized by a central area of pressure much lower than that of surrounding areas, and a system of winds blowing inward and around (clockwise in the southern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the northern); -- called also a low-area storm. It is attended by high temperature, moist air, abundant precipitation, and clouded sky. The term includes the hurricane, typhoon, and tropical storms; it should not be applied to the moderate disturbances attending ordinary areas of low pressure nor to tornadoes, waterspouts, or "twisters," in which the vertical motion is more important than the horizontal. ;; A tornado. See above, and Tornado.
Cyclone cellar : Alt. of pit
Cyclonic : Pertaining to a cyclone.
Cyclonoscope : An apparatus to assist in locating the center of a cyclone.
Cyclop : See Note under Cyclops, 1.

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