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单词 anemonal
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anemonaladj.

Brit. /əˈnɛmənl/, U.S. /əˈnɛmən(ə)l/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἄνεμος , -al suffix1.
Etymology: Irregularly < ancient Greek ἄνεμος wind (see anemo- comb. form) + -al suffix1, with -n- perhaps after anemone n., or by association with e.g. diagonal adj., phenomenal adj., etc.
rare.
Of or relating to the wind.
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anemonal1833
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1833 Imperial Mag. July 338/2 The time during which it blows from either of these hemispheres may be termed an anemonal period.
1859 W. R. Birt in J. F. W. Herschel & R. Main Man. Sci. Enq. (Lords Commissioners Admiralty) (ed. 3) 185 The wind is seen as blowing in a contrary direction to that indicated by the ‘Law of Storms’. In fact it is..a new phenomenon, and will make the third kind of anemonal movement with which we are now acquainted.
2008 Jrnl. Atmospheric Sci. 65 3793/1 This picture leads to a set of four rather intuitive reasons for the low anemonal dissipation in moist convection as compared to dry convection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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