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anticyclone: area of relatively high pressure surrounded by closed isobars, the pressure gradient being directed from the centre so that the wind blows spirally outward in a clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere, counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere; a region of atmosphere where pressure significantly exceeds that of the surroundings; A zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure, normally characterised by fine weather and unpredictable winds; An atmosphere system in which the wind circulates round an area of high pressure, clockwise in the North Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the South Hemisphere. The winds are usually moderate to light, and fine weather prevails.
Category: The cosmos

cyclone: the term applied to any storm area of low barometric pressure where the winds blow spirally inwards; Storm with violent winds and driving rain, caused by air being pulled around a zone of low pressure (eye) from a zone of high pressure, counter-clockwise in Europe and the northern hemisphere; Violent storm which, while advancing bodily in a definite direction, rotates about an axis with great rapidity.
Category: The cosmos

cyclone: dust separator or droplet separator of cylindrical or conical form which for the removal of particles from gas mainly utilises the centrifugal force produced by the gas flow; a controlled descending vortex created to spiral objectionable gases and dust to the bottom of a collector cone. Designs: tangential cyclone, axial cyclone
Category: Environment

cyclone: gas filter usually consisting essentially of sheet metal cones enclosed in a cylindrical tank
Category: Mechanical engineering

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