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katabatic
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| katamorphism
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katabatic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective katabatic has 1 sense
- katabatic(a = adj.all) catabatic - of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night; Array Antonym: anabatic
OXFORD DICTIONARY
katabatic, adj. Meteorol. (of wind) caused by air flowing downwards (cf. ANABATIC).
Etymology
Gk katabatikos f. katabaino go down
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