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Meaning of ANTICYCLONE

Pronunciation:  `anti'sIklown

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern
 
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 Antonyms: cyclone
 
 See Also: atmosphere, atmospheric state, high, high pressure

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An"ti*cy`clone\, n. (Meteorol.)
A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as
regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric
pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- {An`ti*cy*clon"ic}, a. --
{An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly}, adv.
 
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