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| anticyclone |
a large system of winds that rotates around a center of high barometric pressure, moving clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern, and usu. producing cool, dry weather. (Cf. cyclone.) |
| cyclone |
a large system of winds that rotates around a center of low barometric pressure, moving counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern, and usu. producing destructive storms. (Cf. anticyclone.) [1/2 definitions] |
| dextral |
rising to an apex in a counterclockwise spiral, said esp. of the shells of most gastropods. [1/3 definitions] |
| first base |
in counterclockwise order from home plate, the first of three bases marking the infield of a baseball diamond. [1/2 definitions] |
| left-handed |
designed to move in a counterclockwise direction. [1/5 definitions] |
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