anticyclonic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone.
  2. Rotating in the opposite direction from the Earth i.e. clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Word forms

anticyclonic

Etymology

From anti- + cyclonic.

Derived words

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