(n)(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern, Ant.cyclone
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n. (Meteorol.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic a. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly adv. [ 1913 Webster ]