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Anticyclone

Anticyclone Meaning & Definition
Anticyclone Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anticyclone?

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

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See Also | atmosphere | atmospheric state | high | high pressure

Anticyclone In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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