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anticyclonic
[ an-tee-sahy-klon-ik, an-tahy- ]
/ ˌæn ti saɪˈklɒn ɪk, ˌæn taɪ- /
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adjective Meteorology.
of or relating to an anticyclone: Also visible is another anticyclonic storm, racing eastward.
noting a direction of rotation that is clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, and undefined at the equator: the variability of anticyclonic current patterns in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Origin of anticyclonic
First recorded in 1870–75; anticyclon(e) + -ic
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