anticyclone

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anticyclone

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From anti- + cyclone. Coined by Sir Francis Galton in the 1860s.

noun anticyclones

  1. A system of winds that spirals out from a center of high pressure.

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noun system of winds

Españolanticiclón
日本語高気圧 kōkiatsu
中文反氣旋 /反气旋 fǎnqìxuán, 高氣壓 /高气压 gāoqìyā
Portuguêsanticiclone
Françaisanticyclone
DeutschAntizyklon, Antizyklone, Hochdruckgebiet
Italianoanticiclone
Ελληνικάαντικυκλώνας antikyklónas
Русскийантицикло́н anticiklón
Tiếng Việtxoáy nghịch
العربيةإِعْصَار مُضَادّ ʔiʕṣār muḍādd

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@misc{anticyclone_2026,
  title = {anticyclone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anticyclone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}