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Anticyclone Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix anti-

Anticyclone has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern

2

a system of winds that spiral out from a centre of high pressure

See Also
typhoon hurricane cyclone tropical storm anticyclones spiral pressure high
Related Terms
Antonyms
cyclone
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
atmosphere
Rhyming Words
one done wone lone mone fone none zone pone cone hone rone sone jone ione yone tone gone bone prone
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