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adj
Downslope on a mountainside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Ellipsis of katabatic wind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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adjective
of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: catabatic
Antonyms: anabatic
History
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταιβατός (kataibatós, “down-going, descending”), from κατα- (kata-, “down”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
