anticyclone
Plural: anticyclones
Noun
- (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
- a system of winds that spiral out from a centre of high pressure
Origin / Etymology
From anti- + cyclone. Coined by Sir Francis Galton in the 1860s.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 18
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anticyclone: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 22
anticyclone: valid Words With Friends Word