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

Derived forms: anticyclones

See also: anticyclonic

Type of: atmosphere, atmospheric state

Antonym: cyclone

Encyclopedia: Anticyclone

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