KATABATIC


Meaning of KATABATIC in English

[kat.a.bat.ic] adj [Gk katabatos descending, verbal of katabainein to go down, fr. kata- cata- + bainein to go--more at come] (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

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