| Pronunciation: | | `anti'sIklown
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[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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ANTICYCLONE is a 11 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Antonyms: | | cyclone |
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| | See Also: | | atmosphere, atmospheric state, high, high pressure |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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