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anticyclone

DEFINITIONS OF: anticyclone

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n (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern

Antonyms:
cyclone
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
Type of:
atmosphere, atmospheric state
the weather or climate at some place
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