What does "anticyclone" mean?

A system of winds that spirals out from a center of high pressure.

What is a synonym for "anticyclone"?

Common synonyms include: air mass, calm, cold front, cyclone, doldrums, front.

noun

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Noun

1
A system of winds that spirals out from a center of high pressure.
2
(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern wordnet

"Mist accumulates in coastal areas where a cold sea current, an anticyclone and a land obstacle, such as a mountain range, combine."

From anti- + cyclone. Coined by Sir Francis Galton in the 1860s.

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