Katabatic

/kæt.əˈbæt.ɪk/

Synonyms for "katabatic" (4 found)

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Adjective(1 words)

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Adjective(1 words)

Related words (2)

Adjective(2 words)

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3 entries
atmospheric phenomenonmeteorological termweather phenomenon

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2 entries
glacial katabatic windpolar katabatic wind

Collocations

6 entries
cold air drainagedownslope flowdownslope windglacial katabatic windkatabatic windpolar katabatic wind

Derivations

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Antonyms

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Sample sentences

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At the field camp, paper-thin tents shudder beneath katabatic blasts of freezing wind, stoves sputter a stingy flame, and a few trudging specks haul shovels through a cold world where extra food and equipment cannot be bought at any price.

Source: wiktionary

Penguin colonies that number in millions; nights that run into days, and days that run into nights; katabatic winds that scream down the ice sheets at a terrifying 180 miles per hour, and then remain equally terrifyingly still.

Source: wiktionary

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