anticyclone

(an′tī sīklōn′; -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

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See anticyclone in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
An extensive system of winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center, circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

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  • anˌti·cy·clonˈic (-klŏnˈĭk) adjective

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