anticyclone

anticyclone
Atmospheric circulations that rotate clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Anticyclones are areas of high pressure and are generally associated with light winds and good, stable weather. On weather charts, anticyclones are depicted by circular isobars with the high pressure at the center.
Wind flow direction in Northern Hemisphere.

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  • anticyclone — [ ɑ̃tisiklon ] n. m. • 1874; de 1. anti et cyclone ♦ Zone de hautes pressions atmosphériques (opposé à cyclone). ⇒ maximum (barométrique). L anticyclone des Açores. ⊗ CONTR. Dépression. ● anticyclone nom masculin Masse de hautes pressions… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • anticyclone — (n.) 1863, coined by Francis Galton (1822 1911), English polymath, explorer, and meteorologist, from ANTI (Cf. anti ) + CYCLONE (Cf. cyclone). Related: Anticyclonic …   Etymology dictionary

  • anticyclone — ► NOUN ▪ an area of high atmospheric pressure around which air slowly circulates, usually resulting in calm, fine weather. DERIVATIVES anticyclonic adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • anticyclone — [an΄tī sī′klōn΄; an΄tēsī′klōn΄, an΄tisī′klōn΄] n. Meteorol. a system of rotating winds over a vast area spinning out from a high pressure center (clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere) and generally causing fair weather: commonly called a high… …   English World dictionary

  • Anticyclone — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Anticyclone (homonymie). Un anticyclone est une zone de circulation atmosphérique autour d un centre de haute pression. Leur sens de rotation est lié à la force de Coriolis: ils tournent dans le sens horaire dans …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Anticyclone — In meteorology, an anticyclone (that is, opposite to a cyclone) is a weather phenomenon in which there is a descending movement of the air and a high pressure area over the part of the planet s surface affected by it. Anticyclonic flow spirals in …   Wikipedia

  • anticyclone — UK [ˌæntɪˈsaɪkləʊn] / US [ˌæntaɪˈsaɪˌkloʊn] noun [countable] Word forms anticyclone : singular anticyclone plural anticyclones science an area of high air pressure that produces calm weather with very little wind …   English dictionary

  • anticyclone — Storm Storm, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. {Stratum}). [root]166.] 1. A violent disturbance of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • anticyclone — [[t]æ̱ntisa͟ɪkloʊn[/t]] anticyclones N COUNT An anticyclone is an area of high atmospheric pressure which causes settled weather conditions and, in summer, clear skies and high temperatures …   English dictionary

  • anticyclone — anticiklonas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Aukšto atmosferos slėgio (aukštesnio už aplinkinį to paties horizontalaus lygio atmosferos slėgį) sritis, kurios centre slėgis yra didžiausias. atitikmenys: angl. anticyclone;… …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

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