anticyclone

[ an-tee-sahy-klohn, an-tahy- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Meteorology.

a circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

anticyclone

/ ˌæntɪˈsaɪkləʊn; ˌæntɪsaɪˈklɒnɪk /

meteorol a body of moving air of higher pressure than the surrounding air, in which the pressure decreases away from the centre. Winds circulate around the centre in a clockwise direction in the N hemisphere and anticlockwise in the S hemisphere Also calledhigh

anticyclone

/ ăn′tē-sī′klōn′,ăn′tī- /

A large-scale system of winds that spiral outward around a region of high atmospheric pressure. In the Northern Hemisphere the wind in an anticyclone moves clockwise, and in the Southern Hemisphere it moves counterclockwise.
Compare cyclone

First recorded in 1875–80; anti- + cyclone

Something of the laws of cyclone and anticyclone are known, and rude weather predictions across the Atlantic are roughly possible.

Owing to the presence of the anticyclone referred to above, the depression recurved off Hatteras.

In both cases the right-handed deflection results in a spiral whirl, inward in the cyclone, outward in the anticyclone.

A rising111 barometer, on the other hand, is usually an indication of the fine weather associated with an anticyclone.

During the year the anticyclone furnishes us with about sixty per cent.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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