Definition of anticyclone Anticyclone
an•ti•cy•clone
We found 7 definitions of anticyclone from 7 different sources.
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What does anticyclone mean?
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NounPlural: anticyclones |
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| anticyclone - (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern | ||
| cyclone a violent rotating windstorm | ||
| atmospheric state, atmosphere the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air" | ||
| meteorology the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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anticyclone
A circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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anticyclone
an-ti-sī′klōn, n. name given to the rotatory flow of air from an atmospheric area of high pressure.—adj. Anticyclon′ic. [Anti- and Cyclone.]
Wikipedia 
- In meteorology, an anticyclone (that is, opposite to a cyclone) is a weather event where there is a downward movement of the air and a high pressure area over the part of the planet's surface affected by it.
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🔤- anticyclone, noun, singular of anticyclones.
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