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1. (n.) anticyclone
a circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure that is clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Etymology: (1875–80)
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1. (noun) 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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1. (noun) anticyclone
a movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone
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