anabatic
nounEtymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (ănăbătós, “moving upward”), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of anabatic wind.
anabatic
adjEtymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰβᾰτός (ănăbătós, “moving upward”), from ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-, “up”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).
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Of a warm air current rising (up a slope)
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Medicine, Sciences Of or pertaining to anabasis
- Antonyms
- katabatic
- Derived terms
- anabatically, anabatic wind