ANABATIC


Meaning of ANABATIC in English

[ ˌanə'batɪk ]

■ adjective Meteorology (of a wind) caused by local upward motion of warm air.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Gk anabatikos , from anabatēs 'a person who ascends'.

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