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Definition of Katabatic
1. Adjective. Of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night.
Definition of Katabatic
1. Adjective. (meteorology of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Katabatic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Katabatic
Literary usage of Katabatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Planet Geographyby Stephen Codrington by Stephen Codrington (2005)
"Often katabatic winds will wedge their way under the layer of warmer air in the
valley, ... katabatic winds are very gentle in most parts of the world, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... of a downward series of changes (katabatic changes), a stair of many steps,
in which more complex bodies are broken down with the setting free of energy ..."
3. Physics of the Air by William Jackson Humphreys (1920)
"This drainage flow is known indifferently as the mountain breeze, or mountain
wind; also canyon wind, katabatic wind, and gravity wind. ..."
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