katabatic
Meanings
adj
- Downslope on a mountainside.
noun
- Ellipsis of katabatic wind.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταιβατός (kataibatós, “down-going, descending”), from κατα- (kata-, “down”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).
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