anticyclone

[ an-tee-sahy-klohn, an-tahy- ]

nounMeteorology.

a circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Origin of anticyclone

First recorded in 1875–80; anti- + cyclone

Other words from anticyclone

an·ti·cy·clon·ic [an-tee-sahy-klon-ik, an-tahy-], /ˌæn ti saɪˈklɒn ɪk, ˌæn taɪ-/, adjective

Compare cyclone (def. 1), high (def. 37).

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How to use anticyclone in a sentence

Antonello Pasini, a climate change physicist at Italy’s National Council for Research, told The New York Times that anticyclones like Lucifer are more common now due to global warming.
Anticyclone Lucifer is bringing record-breaking temperatures to Italy | Monroe Hammond | August 12, 2021 | Popular-Science
Something of the laws of cyclone and anticyclone are known, and rude weather predictions across the Atlantic are roughly possible.
Pioneers of Science | Oliver Lodge
Owing to the presence of the anticyclone referred to above, the depression recurved off Hatteras.
Wind and Weather | Alexander McAdie
In both cases the right-handed deflection results in a spiral whirl, inward in the cyclone, outward in the anticyclone.
Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology | Robert DeCourcy Ward
A rising111 barometer, on the other hand, is usually an indication of the fine weather associated with an anticyclone.
Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology | Robert DeCourcy Ward

During the year the anticyclone furnishes us with about sixty per cent.
Reading the Weather | Thomas Morris Longstreth

British Dictionary definitions for anticyclone

anticyclone

/ (ˌæntɪˈsaɪkləʊn) /

noun

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: Also called: high

Derived forms of anticyclone

anticyclonic (ˌæntɪsaɪˈklɒnɪk), adjective

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Scientific definitions for anticyclone

anticyclone

[ ăn′tē-sī′klōn′, ăn′tī- ]

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.

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