extratropical cyclone: Meaning and Definition of

ex'tra•trop'i•cal cy'clone

Pronunciation: (ek'stru-trop'i-kul, ek"-), [key]
  1. any large-scale, cyclonic storm that is not a tropical cyclone, esp. the common frontal cyclone of the middle and high latitudes.
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