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anticyclone definition

anti·cy·clone (an′tī sī′klōn′; -tē-, -ti-)

noun

Meteorol. a system of rotating winds over a vast area spinning out from a high pressure center (clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere) and generally causing fair weather: commonly called a high since it coexists with high barometric pressure

Related Forms:

  • anticyclonic an′ti·cy·clon′ic (-sī klän′ik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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