"anticyclone" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-anticyclone.wav [US] Forms: anticyclones [plural]
Etymology: anti- + cyclone. Coined by Sir Francis Galton in the 1860s. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|cyclone}} anti- + cyclone Head templates: {{en-noun}} anticyclone (plural anticyclones)
  1. (meteorology) a system of winds that spiral out from a centre of high pressure Categories (topical): Meteorology Coordinate_terms: cyclone, depression, hurricane, tropical storm, typhoon Translations (system of winds): إعصار مضاد (Arabic), անտիցիկլոն (anticʻiklon) (Armenian), антыцыкло́н (antycyklón) [masculine] (Belarusian), anticicló [masculine] (Catalan), 反氣旋 (Chinese Mandarin), 反气旋 (fǎnqìxuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 高氣壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 高气压 (gāoqìyā) (Chinese Mandarin), højtryk [neuter] (Danish), hogedrukgebied (Dutch), anticiklono (Esperanto), kontraŭciklono (Esperanto), antisykloni (Finnish), korkeapaine (Finnish), anticyclone [masculine] (French), ანტიციკლონი (anṭiciḳloni) (Georgian), Antizyklon [masculine] (German), Antizyklone [feminine] (German), Hochdruckgebiet [neuter] (German), αντικυκλώνας (antikyklónas) [masculine] (Greek), પ્રતિચક્રવાત (praticakravāt) (Gujarati), antisiklon (Indonesian), anticiclone [masculine] (Italian), 高気圧 (kōkiatsu) (alt: こうきあつ) (Japanese), антициклон (antisiklon) (Kazakh), anticiklons [masculine] (Latvian), høytrykk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), پادچرخند (pâdčarxand) (Persian), واچرخند (vâčarxand) (Persian), antycyklon [masculine] (Polish), wyż [masculine] (Polish), anticiclone [masculine] (Portuguese), антицикло́н (anticiklón) [masculine] (Russian), антициклон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), антицикло́на [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), anticiklon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anticiklóna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), anticiclón [masculine] (Spanish), anticyklon (Swedish), antisiklon (Turkish), антицикло́н (antycyklón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), xoáy nghịch (Vietnamese)

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      "word": "антицикло́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "system of winds",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "антициклон"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "system of winds",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "антицикло́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "system of winds",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anticiklon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "system of winds",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anticiklóna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "system of winds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anticiclón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "system of winds",
      "word": "anticyklon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "system of winds",
      "word": "antisiklon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "antycyklón",
      "sense": "system of winds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "антицикло́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "system of winds",
      "word": "xoáy nghịch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anticyclone"
}

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