(of winds) blowing downhill through having become denser with cooling, esp at night when heat is lost from the earth's surface
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kat•a•bat•ic
(kat′ə bat′ik),USA pronunciation adj. [Meteorol.]
- Meteorology(of a wind or air current) moving downward or down a slope. Cf. anabatic (def. 1).
- Greek katabatikós pertaining to going down, equivalent. to kata- kata- + ba- (stem of baínein to go; see basis) + -tikos -tic
- 1915–20
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