anticyclone Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern

WordNet


An"ti*cy`clone noun
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913