Definitions for: Anticyclone


[n] (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern



Webster (1913) Definition: An"ti*cy`clone, n. (Meteorol.)
A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as
regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric
pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic, a. --
An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly, adv.

Antonyms: cyclone

See Also: atmosphere, atmospheric state, high, high pressure

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