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Definition of Catabatic
1. Adjective. Of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catabatic
Literary usage of Catabatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1893)
"estate ) is clearly catabatic with reversion to ... Here also the ( Spinous,
Costate, Costate, Smooth } gerontic stage is catabatic: but it is a reversion ..."
2. Geological Biology: An Introduction to the Geological History of Organisms by Henry Shaler Williams (1895)
"... the old age or senile stage of development is called gerontic, with a declining,
catabatic, ..."
3. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"[Gr., "going down," "decline."] 1. Decline of a fever or other acute disease. 2.
A prolapsus or descent. catabatic ..."
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