anticyclone
pronunciation
How to pronounce anticyclone in British English:
UK [ˌæntiˈsaɪkləʊn]
How to pronounce anticyclone in American English:
US [ˌæntiˈsaɪkloʊn]
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- Noun:
- (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern
Word Origin
- anticyclone (n.)
- 1863, coined by Francis Galton (1822-1911), English polymath, explorer, and meteorologist, from anti- + cyclone. Related: Anticyclonic.
Antonym
Example
- 1. On the short-term structure and formation of the subtropical anticyclone in the summer of 1998 .
- 2. An intense anticyclone over north-west russia is behind the bitterly cold easterly winds that have swept across europe and some climate scientists say the lack of arctic sea ice brought about by global warming is responsible .
- 3. The anomalous subtropical anticyclone in western pacific and their association with circulation over east asia during summer .
- 4. Numerical simulation of the effect of subtropical anticyclone on the evolvement of potential vorticity of landfall typhoon on isentropic surface .
- 5. Numerical simulation of the effect of changbai mountain anticyclone on atmospheric pollution in multi-cities of central liaoning .