cyclone

large scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low pressure
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cyclone

Summary

cyclone is a type of meteorological phenomenon[1]. cyclone draws 3,092 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_meteorological_phenomenon category, ranking #10 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • cyclone's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon[3].
  • cyclone is a type of low pressure area[4].
  • cyclone is a type of vortex[5].
  • cyclone is a type of storm[6].
  • cyclone's Commons category is recorded as Cyclones[7].
  • cyclone's Unicode character is recorded as 🌀[8].
  • cyclone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cyclones[9].
  • cyclone's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • cyclone's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • cyclone's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • cyclone's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • cyclone's topic has template is recorded as Template:Cyclones[14].
  • cyclone's different from is recorded as tropical cyclone[15].
  • cyclone's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001297[16].
  • cyclone's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
  • cyclone's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[18].

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Definition and Type

cyclone's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon[3]. Recorded subclass of include low pressure area[4], vortex[5], and storm[6].

Why It Matters

cyclone draws 3,092 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_meteorological_phenomenon category, ranking #10 of 22).[2] cyclone has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] cyclone is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Nat (WDU) · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    Subclass of low pressure area, vortex, storm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1277161]]"
  2. 4w ago · Nat (WDU) · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of low pressure area, vortex, storm
    Local thumb
    Topic has template Template:Cyclones
    Instance of
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29431|batch #29431]]: UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profile ID for extreme weather events"
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