/an'euh bat"ik/ , adj. Meteorol.
1. pertaining to an uphill wind produced by the effects of local heating. Cf. katabatic .
2. (formerly) pertaining to any upward-moving air current.
[ 1805-15; anabatikós pertaining to climbing or to a climber, equiv. to anaba- (s. of anabaínein; see ANABAENA) + -tikos -TIC ]