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anabatic — ANABÁTIC, Ă, anabatici, ce, adj. (med.) Care creşte, care se măreşte. – Din fr. anabatique. Trimis de ana zecheru, 03.02.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 anabátic adj. m., pl. anabátici; f. sg. anabátică … Dicționar Român
Anabatic — An a*bat ic, a. [Gr. ?.] Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anabatic — [an΄ə bat′ik] adj. [Gr anabatikos: see ANABASIS] moving upward: said of air currents or winds … English World dictionary
anabatic — adjective Etymology: Greek anabatos, verbal of anabainein Date: 1853 moving upward ; rising < an anabatic wind > … New Collegiate Dictionary
anabatic wind — A local wind that flows up the side of the valleys resulting from increased heating along the valley walls. Often anabatic wind results in cumulus clouds along the ridges on either side of the valley. These winds are the opposite of katabatic… … Aviation dictionary
Anabatic wind — An anabatic wind, from the Greek anabatos , verbal of anabainein meaning moving upward, is a wind which blows up a steep slope or mountain side. It is also known as an upslope flow. These winds typically occur during the daytime in calm sunny… … Wikipedia
anabatic wind — also called upslope wind local air current that blows up a hill or mountain slope facing the Sun. During the day, the Sun heats such a slope (and the air over it) faster than it does the adjacent atmosphere over a valley or a plain at the … Universalium
anabatic wind — noun An upslope wind; usually applied only when the wind is blowing up a hill or mountain as a result of local surface heating and apart from the effects of the larger scale circulation; the opposite of katabatic wind. The most common type… … Wiktionary
anabatic — adjective a) rising (up a slope) b) Of or pertaining to anabasis Ant: katabatic … Wiktionary
anabatic — the movement of air up slopes due to convection … Geography glossary
