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Definition of Anticyclonic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center.
Definition of Anticyclonic
1. Adjective. of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anticyclonic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticyclonic
Literary usage of Anticyclonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Meteorology by William Morris Davis (1894)
"The foehn rushes down so rapidly that it loses by radiation and conduction but
little of the heat that it gains by compression ; the anticyclonic air ..."
2. Meteorology, Practical and Applied by Sir John William Moore (1894)
"The irregular or non-periodic variations are (1) cyclonic, (2) anticyclonic. 1.
Diurnal variations are best marked within the tropics, or in the torrid zone ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"... the physical features of this vast sub-continent, and enabled me to study the
control which the southern anticyclonic belt exercises over its climate. ..."
4. Elementary Lessons in Heat by Samuel Escue Tillman (1889)
"anticyclonic Motion.—As much air must flow from the centre of the cyclone above as
... An anticyclonic motion therefore always accompanies the cyclonic, ..."
5. Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day by Ralph Abercromby (1887)
"... ANTITHESIS OF CYCLONIC AND anticyclonic WEATHER. Perhaps the best method of
showing the antithesis between cyclone and anticyclone weather will be the ..."
6. Descriptive Meteorology by Willis Luther Moore (1910)
"... is the succession of cyclonic and anticyclonic disturbances that continually
sweep across the country from west to east, bringing rapidly alternating ..."
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