anticyclone
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anticyclone (ˌæntɪˈsaɪkləʊn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| meteorol Also called: high 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 | |
| anticyclonic | |
| —adj | |
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Anticyclone
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| anticyclone (ān'tē-sī'klōn', ān'tī-) Pronunciation Key
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. |
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Example sentences
The formation or intensification of an anticyclone or high pressure center.
Also known as an cyclone, it is the opposite of an area of high pressure, or a anticyclone.
The descent of a well-marked anticyclone in the rear of the low.
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