katabatic

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  1. 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
  • 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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  1. Greek katabatikos, pertaining to descent, from katabatos, descending : kata-, cata- + batos, going; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.

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/ (kătˌə-bătˈĭk)/
ahd pronounces "katabatic"
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