anticyclonic

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ cyclonic.

Adjective

anticyclonic (not comparable)

  1. (meteorology) Of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone.
  2. (meteorology) Rotating in the opposite direction from the Earth i.e. clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

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