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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Ellipsis of anabatic wind. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Adjective

1. 1
   rising (up a slope)
2. 2
   Of or pertaining to anabasis

Adjective

1. 1
   of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ascendantascendingclimbingleapingmountingrampant

Antonyms

All antonyms

katabatic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (ănăbătós, “moving upward”), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).

Related phrases

anabatic wind

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