adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ ka-t ə - ' ba-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek katabatos descending, verbal of katabainein to go down, from kata- cata- + bainein to go ― more at COME
Date: 1918
: relating to or being a wind produced by the flow of cold dense air down a slope (as of a mountain or glacier) in an area subject to radiational cooling