English dictionary
anticyclone
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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
Antonyms cycloneSource: WordNet 3.0
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A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone.
Source: webster1913