anticyclone meaning

UK US /ˌæntiˈsaɪkloʊn/ 4 syllables

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

Definition of anticyclone

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

    Opposite: cyclone

    Type of: atmosphere

    Related forms: anticyclonic

How to pronounce anticyclone

anticyclone is pronounced /ˌæntiˈsaɪkloʊn/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the third syllable.

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AN · words ending in NE · 11-letter words

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