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an·ti·cy·clone
 anticyclone
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- pronunciation:
- aen
ti
saI
klon
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noun |
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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.)
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| derivation: |
anticyclonic (adj.) |
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