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anticyclone
  پادچرخند  
pâdcarxand
Fr.: anticyclone  

Meteo.: A weather phenomenon associated with atmospheric high pressure. In the Northern Hemisphere an anticyclone rotates in the clockwise direction. The rotation is caused by the movement of colder higher pressure air that is moving away from the poles toward the equator being affected by the rotation of the Earth.

See also: → anti-; → cyclone.