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anticyclone
[an-tee-sahy-klohn, an-tahy-]
noun
a circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
anticyclone
/ ˌæntɪˈsaɪkləʊn, ˌæntɪsaɪˈklɒnɪk /
noun
Also called: high.meteorol a body of moving air of higher pressure than the surrounding air, in which the pressure decreases away from the centre. Winds circulate around the centre in a clockwise direction in the N hemisphere and anticlockwise in the S hemisphere
anticyclone
A large-scale system of winds that spiral outward around a region of high atmospheric pressure. In the Northern Hemisphere the wind in an anticyclone moves clockwise, and in the Southern Hemisphere it moves counterclockwise.
Compare cyclone
Other 51Թ Forms
- anticyclonic adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of anticyclone1
Example Sentences
High pressure, or an anticyclone, is currently influencing our weather.
The results indicate that, although an anticyclone forms in the first two cases, it differs in terms of shape and dynamic properties from those of the present Great Red Spot.
The culprit is a high-pressure anticyclone dubbed Cerberus - the multi-headed dog that guards gates to the underworld in Greek mythology.
An anticyclone nicknamed Charon - who in Greek mythology was the ferryman of the dead - could cause Europe to break its highest recorded temperature of 48.8C, possibly on the Italian island of Sardinia.
The culprit was a high-pressure anticyclone dubbed Cerberus, the multi-headed dog that guards gates to the underworld in Greek mythology.
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