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anticyclone

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an⋅ti⋅cy⋅clone

  [an-tee-sahy-klohn, an-tahy-]
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–noun Meteorology.
a circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Compare cyclone (def. 1), high (def. 37).
Origin:
1875–80; anti- + cyclone

Related forms:
an⋅ti⋅cy⋅clon⋅ic  [an-tee-sahy-klon-ik, an-tahy-] , adjective
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an·ti·cy·clone   (ān'tē-sī'klōn', ān'tī-)   
n.  An extensive system of winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center, circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
an'ti·cy·clon'ic (-klŏn'ĭk) adj.
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