anticyclone
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(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center;
Circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern (synset 114544623)domain category: meteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)hypernym: atmosphere, atmospheric state - the weather or climate at some placepart holonym: high - an air mass of higher than normal pressure
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