Look up: anticyclone

1. Anticyclone
   A large area of high atmospheric pressure, characterised by outward-spiralling winds - a 'high'.
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2. anticyclone
   [n] - (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center
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3. Anticyclone
   Refers to weather. A region of relatively high barometric pressure in which the pressure is highest at the middle. The winds circulate clockwise around the centre in the Northern Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Anticyclone is the opposite of Depression.
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4. anticyclone
   area of relatively high pressure surrounded by closed isobars, the pressure gradient being directed from the centre so that the wind blows spirally outward in a clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere, counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere; a region of atmosphere where pressure signific...
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5. Anticyclone
   An'ti·cy`clone (ăn'tĭ*sī`klōn) noun (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
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6. anticyclone
   <meteorology> A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. Anticyclon'ic, Anticyclon'ically. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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7. anticyclone
   noun (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
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8. Anticyclone
   • (n.) 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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9. anticyclone
   any large wind system that rotates about a centre of high atmospheric pressure clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the ... [10 related articles]
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10. anticyclone
    anticyclone An extensive system of winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center, circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
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11. Anticyclone
    Area of increased atmospheric pressure relative to surrounding pressure field in the atmosphere. It is outlined by closed isobars on a synoptic surface chart, and by closed contours on a constant-pressure chart. This term is used interchangeably with high.
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12. Anticyclone
    An atmospheric pressure system consisting of an area of high pressure and outward circular surface wind flow. In the Northern Hemisphere winds from an anticyclone blow clockwise, while Southern Hemisphere systems blow counterclockwise.
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13. ANTICYCLONE
    A relative pressure maximum. An area of pressure that has diverging winds and a rotation opposite to the earth's rotation. This is clockwise the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the opposite of an area of low pressure, or a cyclone. Related term: high pressure
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14. Anticyclone
    An area of high pressure, also called a High, around which the winds circulate in a clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere (and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere). It is usually responsible for fair, dry weather. When the area of highest pressure is elongated, it is called a high pressure ridge, or simply a ridge.
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15. anticyclone
    anticyclone, region of high atmospheric pressure; anticyclones are commonly referred to as “highs.” The pressure gradient, or change between the core of the anticyclone and its surroundings, combined with the Coriolis effect, causes air to circulate about the core in a clockwise directio...
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16. Anticyclone
    An anticyclone is a phenomenon presenting some features opposite to those of a cyclone. It consists of a region of high barometric pressure, the pressure being greatest in the centre, with light winds flowing outwards from the centre, and not inwards as in the cyclone, accompanied with great cold in winter and with great heat in summer.
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17. anticyclone
    Area of high atmospheric pressure caused by descending air, which becomes warm and dry. Winds radiate from a calm centre, taking a clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and an anticlockwise direction in the southern hemisphere. Anticyclones are characterized by clear weather and the absence ...
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18. Anticyclone
    An `anticyclone` (that is, opposite to a cyclone) is a weather phenomenon defined by the National Weather Service`s glossary as "url=http://www.nws.noaa.gov/glossary/index.php?word=anticyclone-->--> Effects of surface-based anticyclones include clearing skies as well as cooler, drier air. Fog c...
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