anticyclone
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1. (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern (noun.state)
part holonym | : | high, |
definition | : | an air mass of higher than normal pressure (noun.state) |
domain category | : | meteorology, |
definition | : | the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) (noun.cognition) |
antonym | : | cyclone, |
definition | : | (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern (noun.state) |
derivation | : | anticyclonic, |
definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center (adj.pert) |
antonym | : | cyclone, |
definition | : | (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern (noun.state) |
derivation | : | anticyclonic, |
definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center (adj.pert) |
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