anticyclonic

[ an-tee-sahy-klon-ik, an-tahy- ]

adjective

, Meteorology.

1. of or relating to an anticyclone:

   Also visible is another anticyclonic storm, racing eastward.

2. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anticyclonic¹

First recorded in 1870–75; anticyclon(e) ( def ) + -ic ( def )

Example Sentences

These characteristics hold, in general, for the cyclonic98 and anticyclonic areas of Europe also.

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This statement, as will be seen, covers both cyclonic and anticyclonic systems.

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During the winter, an anticyclonic area of high pressure is central over the continent of Asia.

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Ask yourself precisely the same questions with reference to a station within an anticyclonic wind system.

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The conditions on this date were anticyclonic, and favourable to migration.

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