a. Meteor.
1. [f. ANTI- 3 + CYCLONIC.] Opposed to cyclones or cyclonic theories.
1860. Maury, Phys. Geog. Sea, xix. § 803. Espy maintains that they confirm his theory, and his is anti-cyclonic.
2. [f. ANTICYCLONE + -IC.] Of or pertaining to an anticyclone.
1871. in Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., XII. 64. The anticyclonic character of our winds and periodic storms.
1882. W. Marriott, in Standard, 26 Dec., 7/4. Nearly all British weather is cyclonic or anti-cyclonic. The wind in an anticyclonic system blows in the direction of the hands of a watch, but slightly outwards.
