Katabatic Definition

kătə-bătĭk
adjective
Of or relating to the downward flow of cold dense air.
A katabatic wind.
American Heritage
Moving downward.
Webster's New World

(meteorology, of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • catabatic
Antonyms:

Origin of Katabatic

  • Greek katabatikos pertaining to descent from katabatos descending kata- cata- batos going gwā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Ancient Greek κατάβασις (katábasis, “descent”)

    From Wiktionary

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