anticyclone

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anticyclone
n. winds rotating around an area of high atmospheric pressure (Meteorology)


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Anticyclone
In meteorology, an anticyclone (that is, opposite to a cyclone) is a weather phenomenon in which there is a descending 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
1. (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern
(antonym) cyclone
(hypernym) atmosphere, atmospheric state
(part-meronym) high, high pressure
(classification) meteorology


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anticyclone (m)
n. anticyclone, winds rotating around an area of high atmospheric pressure (Meteorology)

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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.
  

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