anticyclone
noun
Simple meaning
Winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
æntiˈsaɪkloʊn
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Definition
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noun
meteorology
Winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
meteorology
A system of winds that spirals out from a center of high pressure.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
Used this way, anticyclone is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This sense is used where position and measurement matter — travel, weather and flight — so it reads as factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Geography/travel
- Weather/aviation
- Technical/specialist writing
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Antonyms
Sense: winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center
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