anabatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. rising (up a slope)
  2. Of or pertaining to anabasis
noun
  1. Ellipsis of anabatic wind.

Word forms

anabatic more anabatic most anabatic anabatics

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (ănăbătós, “moving upward”), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).

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