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anticyclone |
(n): (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
(n): the weather or climate at some place
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Surprise surpise, kind of the opposite of a cyclone: a descending movement of the air and a high pressure area over the part of the planet's surface affected by it. Generally not as destructive as a cyclone. The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a prominent anticyclone.