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anticyclonic

/an-tee-sahy-klon-ik, an-tahy-/US // ˌæn ti saɪˈklɒn ɪk, ˌæn taɪ- //

反周期性,反周期性的,反气旋,反气旋式

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Meteorology.

    • : of or relating to an anticyclone: Also visible is another anticyclonic storm, racing eastward.
    • : noting a direction of rotation that is clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, and undefined at the equator: the variability of anticyclonic current patterns in the Gulf of Mexico.

Examples

  • These characteristics hold, in general, for the cyclonic98 and anticyclonic areas of Europe also.

  • This statement, as will be seen, covers both cyclonic and anticyclonic systems.

  • During the winter, an anticyclonic area of high pressure is central over the continent of Asia.

  • Ask yourself precisely the same questions with reference to a station within an anticyclonic wind system.

  • The conditions on this date were anticyclonic, and favourable to migration.