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
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.
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