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anticyclone

anticyclone noun: a system of winds that spirals out from a center of high pressure.

Noun

anticyclone (plural anticyclones)

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

anticyclone meaning in Tamil, Gujarati, Arabic and Indonesian

anticyclone in Tamil

எதிர்சூறாவளி, எதிர்ச் சூறாவளி

anticyclone in Gujarati

system of winds
પ્રતિચક્રવાત praticakravāt

anticyclone in Arabic

system of winds
إِعْصَار مُضَادّ ʔiʕṣār muḍādd

anticyclone in Indonesian

system of winds
antisiklon
More languagesFewer languages
anticyclone in Persian
پادچرخند pâdčarxand, واچرخند vâčarxand
anticyclone in Vietnamese
xoáy nghịch

Forms of anticyclone

pluralanticyclones

Origin of anticyclone

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

Questions about anticyclone

What does anticyclone mean?
Anticyclone means a system of winds that spirals out from a center of high pressure.
What is anticyclone in Tamil?
Anticyclone in Tamil is எதிர்சூறாவளி, எதிர்ச் சூறாவளி. See Anticyclone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anticyclone?
Anticyclone is a noun.
What is the plural of anticyclone?
The plural of anticyclone is anticyclones.

Words near anticyclone in the dictionary

  1. anticycling
  2. anticyclogeneses
  3. anticyclogenesis
  4. anticyclolyses
  5. anticyclolysis
  6. anticyclone
  7. anticyclones
  8. anticyclonic
  9. anticyclonically
  10. anticyclotomic
  11. anticysticercal

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