katabatic
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katabatic — [kat΄ə bat′ik] adj. moving downward: said of air currents or winds … English World dictionary
Katabatic lift — is a term used by glider pilots to denote a special type of lift formed in valleys when Katabatic winds on both sides of the valley meet, and the air at the bottom is forced upward … Wikipedia
Katabatic wind — A katabatic wind, from the Greek word katabatikos meaning going downhill , is the technical name for a drainage wind, a wind that carries high density air from a higher elevation down a slope under the force of gravity. Such winds are sometimes… … Wikipedia
katabatic wind — ▪ meteorology also called downslope wind , or gravity wind wind that blows down a slope because of gravity. It occurs at night, when the highlands radiate heat and are cooled. The air in contact with these highlands is thus also cooled,… … Universalium
katabatic — adjective Etymology: Greek katabatos descending, verbal of katabainein to go down, from kata cata + bainein to go more at come Date: 1918 relating to or being a wind produced by the flow of cold dense air down a slope (as of a mountain or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
katabatic — /kat euh bat ik/, adj. Meteorol. (of a wind or air current) moving downward or down a slope. Cf. anabatic (def. 1). [1915 20; < Gk katabatikós pertaining to going down, equiv. to kata KATA + ba (s. of baínein to go; see BASIS) + tikos TIC] * * * … Universalium
katabatic — a wind flowing down valley sides and floors, usually as air cools, condenses and sinks at night … Geography glossary
katabatic — adj. pertaining to a cold downward flowing wind … English contemporary dictionary
katabatic — [ˌkatə batɪk] adjective Meteorology (of a wind) caused by local downward motion of cool air. Origin C19: from Gk katabatikos, from katabainein go down … English new terms dictionary
katabatic — kat·a·bat·ic … English syllables
