— anticyclonic /an'tee suy klon"ik, an'tuy-/ , adj.
/an'tee suy"klohn, an'tuy-/ , n. Meteorol.
a circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Cf. cyclone (def. 1), high (def. 41).
[ 1875-80; ANTI- + CYCLONE ]