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anticyclone (s) (noun), anticyclones (pl)
An extensive system of winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center, circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
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anticyclone (s) (noun), anticyclones (pl)
The center of high atmospheric pressure which spins in the opposite direction of a cyclone: An anticyclone, with closed circulation, rotates clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
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