Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anticyclone"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Storm \Storm\, n.

{Anticyclonic storm} (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a
central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a
system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction
contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low
temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often
by clear sky. Called also {high-area storm},
{anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and
freezing temperatures such storms have various local
names, as {blizzard}, {wet norther}, {purga}, {buran},
etc.

{Cyclonic storm}. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See
{Cyclone}, above. Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also -ine \-ine\
. [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer,
Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.)
A substance, {C14H22O2NCl}, the hydrochloride of an amino
compound containing benzol, used, in solution with
strychnine, as a local an[ae]sthetic, esp. by injection into
the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[ae]sthesia below
the point of introduction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Anticyclone \An"ti*cy`clone\, n. (Meteorol.)
A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as
regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric
pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- {An`ti*cy*clon"ic}, a. --
{An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

anticyclone
n : (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure
center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and
counter-clockwise in the southern [ant: {cyclone}]


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