anticyclonic
adjective
anticyclonic is an adjective meaning “Of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-C-Y-C-L-O-N-I-C, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does anticyclonic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone.
- 2
Rotating in the opposite direction from the Earth i.e. clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anticyclonic?
Anticyclonic appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Anticyclonic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anticyclonique |
| Portuguese | anticiclônico, anticiclónico |
| Spanish | anticiclónico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anticyclonic come from?
From anti- + cyclonic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).