anticyclonic

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an·ti·cy·clone

A0337900 (ăn′tē-sī′klōn′, ăn′tī-)n. An extensive system of winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center, circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

an′ti·cy·clon′ic (-klŏn′ĭk) adj.

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Adj.

anticyclonic - of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure centermeteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)

Translations

anticyclonalanticiclonico

anticyclonic

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anticyclonic

[¦an·tē‚sī¦klän·ik] (meteorology) Referring to a rotation about the local vertical that is clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, undefined at the Equator.

anticyclonic

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anticyclonic

descriptive of a weather system of high atmospheric pressure at sea level in which light winds flow spirally outwards, clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere, giving rise to settled weather conditions.

anticyclonic

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Related to anticyclonic: Anticyclonic rotation

Words related to anticyclonic

adj of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center

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