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air mass
a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally
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anticyclone
(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
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cyclone
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
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fog, fogginess, murk, murkiness
an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
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high
an air mass of higher than normal pressure
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depression, low
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
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fug
(British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere
