Katabatic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kæt.əˈbæt.ɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Katabatic is an adjective meaning (meteorology, of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside.
Meaning
(meteorology, of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside.
More Meanings
- Ellipsis of katabatic wind.
Example Sentences
Penguin colonies that number in millions; nights that run into days, and days that run into nights; katabatic winds that scream down the ice sheets at a terrifying 180 miles per hour, and then remain equally terrifyingly still.
At the field camp, paper-thin tents shudder beneath katabatic blasts of freezing wind, stoves sputter a stingy flame, and a few trudging specks haul shovels through a cold world where extra food and equipment cannot be bought at any price.
Word Forms
- katabatics
Antonyms for katabatic
Common opposites include anabatic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anakatabatic, anabatic, mountainslope, rapid, slopeside, upsloping.
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