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anabatic, a.|ænəˈbætɪk|
[ad. Gr. ἀναβατικ-ός pertaining to ἀναβάτης ‘one who ascends’: see anabasis.]
1. Med. Of or belonging to anabasis; augmenting, increasing (as a fever).
1811Hooper Med. Dict., Anabatica. 1853Mayne Exp. Lex., Anabaticus..augmenting, increasing, anabatic; applied formerly to a continued fever, the symptoms of which gradually increase in severity. 1879in Syd. Soc. Lex.
2. Meteorol. Of a wind: caused by the (local) upward motion of warmed air. Cf. katabatic a.
1918Meteorol. Gloss. 29 Anabatic, referring to the upward motion of air due to convection. 1919Faraday Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms 31 A local wind is called anabatic if it is caused by the convection of heated air, as, for example, the breeze that blows up valleys when the sun warms the ground. |