Anticyclone

/ˌantɪsˈaɪkləʊn/

/ˌæntiˈsaɪˌkɫoʊn/

Anticyclone

a weather phenomenon with an extensive circulation of winds around a central region of high barometric pressure that is connected with calm and fine weather

antonyms : cyclone

Examples

1. Anticyclones display the opposite characteristics, with colder air on top of warmer air.

2. A combination of windless conditions, unusually cold weather and an anticyclone had resulted in the collection of airborne pollutants.

3. And they said, it's because of an anticyclone.

4. Which is receding, increasingly giving way to the African anticyclone.

Nearby words

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antihelix

antilocapra americana

antilope cervicapra