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(abbrev. HI)- In meteorology, a region of high pressure; also known as anticyclone.
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An area of high barometric pressure, with its attendant system of winds; an anticyclone.
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A region of high pressure. Air flows outward and (on the northern hemisphere) clockwise around high pressure areas. A high is usually associated with fair weather. Also called "anticyclone".
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A region of high-atmospheric pressure, with clockwise winds in the Northern Hemisphere.
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an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"
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an area of high pressure with winds moving clockwise. It often brings fine weather.
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Areas of atmosphere that have higher air pressure than the surrounding areas.
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an area of high pressure that is usually characterized by clear skies and fair weather carried by sinking air; winds rotate clockwise around and outward from the center of the high.
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An area of high pressure around which the wind blows clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
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An area of relatively high-atmospheric pressure, also called an anticyclone.
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The center of an area of high pressure, accompanied by anticyclonic and outward wind flow in the northern hemisphere. Also known as an anticyclone.
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A region of air with higher barometric pressure than the area surrounding it, around which winds rotate clockwise; usually associated with fair weather
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in meteorology, an region of high pressure; see also anticyclone
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An area of higher atmospheric pressure.
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(weather) a high-pressure system, characterized by a clockwise wind pattern (in the Northern Hemisphere) and generally clear and pleasant weather. See low.
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The center of an area of high pressure, usually accompanied by anti cyclonic and outward wind flow. Also known as an anticyclone.
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In the Northern Hemisphere, an area of high atmospheric pressure with a closed, clockwise movement of air (circulation). Also known as an anticylone.
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An area of high barometric pressure; a high pressure system.
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Commonly used to refer to an anticyclone.
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The centre of an area with high atmospheric pressure.
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area of high pressure in the atmosphere; used interchangeably with anticyclone. Russian translation prepared by Nina A. Zaitseva for the Arctic Climatology Project Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas.
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The center of an area with high atmospheric pressure.
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Also known as an 'anticyclone' - an area of high air pressure with a system of winds rotating outwards. This usually means dry weather. It is the opposite of a 'low'.
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