Anticyclone \An"ti*cy`clone\ ([a^]n"t[i^]*s[imac]`kl[=o]n), 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.
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