Anticyclonic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anticyclone \An"ti*cy`clone\ ([a^]n"t[i^]*s[imac]`kl[=o]n), n.
     (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}, a. --
     {An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly}, adv.


     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anticyclonic \anticyclonic\ adj.
     1. of or pertaining to an anticyclone; moving in the opposite
        direction of a cyclone.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anticyclonic
       adj : of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around
             a high pressure center