anticyclonally
|an-ti-cy-clo-nal-ly|
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/ˌæn.tɪ.saɪˈkloʊ.nəl/
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/ˌæn.tɪ.saɪˈkləʊ.nəl/
(anticyclonal)
around a high pressure in anticyclone direction
Etymology
'anticyclonally' originates from Modern English, specifically from the noun 'anticyclone' plus the adverbial suffix '-ally'; 'anticyclone' itself is formed from Greek 'anti-' and 'kyklon', where 'anti-' meant 'against' and 'kyklon' meant 'a moving in a circle'.
'anticyclonally' changed from the adjective 'anticyclonal' (and variant adjective 'anticyclonic'), which derived from the 19th-century English noun 'anticyclone' (formed from Greek elements 'anti-' + 'kyklon'); the adverb was then formed by adding the suffix '-ally' to the adjective.
Initially related to the noun 'anticyclone' (the weather system); over time the formed adjective and then the adverb came to mean 'in the manner of or relating to the motion about an anticyclone.'
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adverb 1
in a manner relating to an anticyclone; moving around a high-pressure center in the direction characteristic of an anticyclone (in the Northern Hemisphere typically clockwise, in the Southern Hemisphere typically counterclockwise).
Winds circulated anticyclonally around the center of the high pressure.
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Last updated: 2025/10/20 07:28