anticyclonic, a. Meteorol.
(ˌæntɪsaɪˈklɒnɪk)
1. [f. anti- 3 + cyclonic.] Opposed to cyclones or cyclonic theories.
| 1860 Maury Phys. Geog. Sea xix. §803 Espy maintains that they confirm his theory, and his is anti-cyclonic. |
2. [f. anticyclone + -ic.] Of or pertaining to an anticyclone.
| 1871 in Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. XII. 64 The anticyclonic character of our winds and storms. 1882 W. Marriott in Standard 26 Dec. 7/4 Nearly all British weather is cyclonic or anti-cyclonic. The wind in an anticyclonic system blows in the direction of the hands of a watch, but slightly outwards. |