Anticyclone :: Anticyclone (n.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone..

Cyclo- :: Cyclo- () A combining form meaning circular, of a circle or wheel..

Cyclobranchiate :: Cyclobranchiate (a.) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets..

Cycloganoid :: Cycloganoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei.

Cycloganoid :: Cycloganoid (n.) One of the Cycloganoidei.

Cycloganoidei :: Cycloganoidei (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin (Amia calva) is a living example..

Cyclograph :: Cyclograph (n.) See Arcograph.

Cycloid :: Cycloid (n.) A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane..

Cycloid :: Cycloid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei.

Cycloid :: Cycloid (n.) One of the Cycloidei.

Cycloidal :: Cycloidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base..

Cycloidei :: Cycloidei (n. pl.) 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 :: Cycloidian (a. & n.) Same as 2d and 3d Cycloid.

Cyclometer :: Cyclometer (n.) A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle..

Cyclometry :: Cyclometry (n.) The art of measuring circles.

Cyclone :: Cyclone (n.) 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..

Cyclonic :: Cyclonic (a.) Pertaining to a cyclone.

Cyclop :: Cyclop (n.) See Note under Cyclops, 1..

Cyclopaedia :: Cyclopaedia (n.) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia..

Cyclopean :: Cyclopean (a.) Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean architecture..

Cyclopedia :: Cyclopedia (n.) Alt. of Cyclopaedi.

Cyclopedic :: Cyclopedic (a.) Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of the nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount; as, a man of cyclopedic knowledge..

Cyclopedist :: Cyclopedist (n.) A maker of, or writer for, a cyclopedia..

Cyclopic :: Cyclopic (a.) Pertaining to the Cyclops; Cyclopean.

Cyclops :: Cyclops (n. sing. & pl.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna..

Cyclops :: Cyclops (n. sing. & pl.) A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda..

Cyclops :: Cyclops (n. sing. & pl.) A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc..

Cyclorama :: Cyclorama (n.) A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially..

Cycloscope :: Cycloscope (n.) A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine..

Cyclosis :: Cyclosis (n.) The circulation or movement of protoplasmic granules within a living vegetable cell.

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