KATABATIC


Meaning of KATABATIC in English

/kat'euh bat"ik/ , adj. Meteorol.

(of a wind or air current) moving downward or down a slope. Cf. anabatic (def. 1).

[ 1915-20; katabatikós pertaining to going down, equiv. to kata- KATA- + ba- (s. of baínein to go; see BASIS) + -tikos -TIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .