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

Words nearby anticyclonic

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How to use anticyclonic in a sentence

These characteristics hold, in general, for the cyclonic98 and anticyclonic areas of Europe also.
Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology|Robert DeCourcy Ward
This statement, as will be seen, covers both cyclonic and anticyclonic systems.
Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology|Robert DeCourcy Ward
During the winter, an anticyclonic area of high pressure is central over the continent of Asia.
Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology|Robert DeCourcy Ward
Ask yourself precisely the same questions with reference to a station within an anticyclonic wind system.
Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology|Robert DeCourcy Ward

The conditions on this date were anticyclonic, and favourable to migration.
The Migration of Birds|T. A. Coward