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Cy*cloid"i*an (s?-kloid"?-an), a. &
n. (Zoöl.) Same as 2d and 3d
Cycloid.

Cy*clom"e*ter (s?-kl?m"?-t?r), n.
[Cyclo- + -meter.] A contrivance for
recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle.

Cy*clom"e*try (-tr?), n. [Cyclo-
+ -metry: cf. F. cyclométrie.]
(Geom.) The art of measuring circles.

Cy"clone (s?"kl?n), n.
[Gr.&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; moving in a circle, p. pr. of
&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, fr. ky`klos circle.] (Meteor.)
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.

&fist; The atmospheric disturbance usually accompanying a
cyclone, marked by an onward moving area of high pressure, is
called an anticyclone.


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