Definition of Anticiclone

Definition of Anticiclone

An"ti*cy`clone (ăn"t&ibreve;*sī`klōn), n. (Meteorol.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic (&?;), a. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly (&?;), adv.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(meteorology) a system of winds that spiral out from a centre of high pressure

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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