cyclostrophic

adjective

cy·​clo·​stroph·​ic

: of cyclic compulsion

—used of the component of the deflective force of a wind that is due to the curvature of its path

Word History

Etymology

cycl- + Late Greek strophikos fit to be turned, turned, from Greek stroph- (stem of strephein to turn) + -ikos -ic

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