katabatic
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- adjective Of or relating to a cold flow of air traveling downward: a katabatic wind.
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- He explained that this area had a permanent offshore gale called the katabatic – Greek for flowing downhill. — Deception Point
- The katabatic, however, was a slave to simple physics – heavy cold air rushing down a glacial incline like a tidal wave. — Deception Point
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Still, there was the day when a 100 mph wind gust, known as a katabatic wind, ripped the tent Mortvedt was in from its stakes and sent him tumbling down the ice.
- 50-knot katabatic winds were flying down from the Reeves Neve. — Terra Incognita
- "That's the katabatic wind," the driver yelled. — Deception Point
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- Greek katabatikos, pertaining to descent, from katabatos, descending : kata-, cata- + batos, going; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.
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/ (kătˌə-bătˈĭk)/
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