Found 2 items, similar to Anticyclone.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: anticyclone anticyclone n : (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern [ant: cyclone]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Anticyclone Anticyclone \An"ti*cy`clone\ ([a^]n"t[i^]*s[imac]`kl[=o]n), n. (Meteorol.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic, a. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]