ANTICYCLONIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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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