anticyclone

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anti- +‎ cyclone. Coined by Sir Francis Galton in the 1860s.

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anticyclone (plural anticyclones)

  1. (meteorology) a system of winds that spiral out from a centre of high pressure

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English anticyclone, etymologically analyzable as anti- +‎ cyclone.

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Noun[edit]

anticyclone m (plural anticyclones)

  1. (meteorology) a high pressure zone, an anticyclone

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