KATABATIC


Meaning of KATABATIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌka-tə-ˈba-tik ]

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

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