mesocyclone

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What does mesocyclone mean?

An area of vertical atmospheric rotation in supercell thunderstorms, which signals the threat of a possible tornado.

Where does mesocyclone come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English cyclone English mesocyclone From meso- + cyclone.

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