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" The hard wind we get around here on the eastern slopes of the Rockies is called a Chinook. It's a katabatic wind and comes from mountains to the west of us and the mountains to the south."
Tim Cahill

Meaning of "katabatic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF KATABATIC

ˌkætəˈbætɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KATABATIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Katabatic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES KATABATIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Katabasis

Katabasis, or catabasis, is a descent of some type, such as moving downhill, or the sinking of the winds or sun, a military retreat, or a trip to the underworld or a trip from the interior of a country down to the coast. There exist multiple related meanings in poetry, rhetoric, and modern psychology.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KATABATIC

acrobatic · adiabatic · aerobatic · anabatic · aquabatic · automatic · batik · battik · catabatic · celibatic · democratic · dramatic · hydrostatic · hyperbatic · metabatic · nonadiabatic · sabbatic · simatic · static · stereobatic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KATABATIC

kat · kata · katabases · katabasis · katabolic · katabolically · katabolism · katabothron · katadromous · katakana · katana · Katanga · Katar · Katari · katathermometer · katavothron

WORDS THAT END LIKE KATABATIC

aquatic · aromatic · charismatic · Christian Democratic · cinematic · climatic · diplomatic · electrostatic · enzymatic · fanatic · hepatic · lunatic · pancreatic · pneumatic · pragmatic · problematic · schematic · systematic · thematic · traumatic

Synonyms and antonyms of katabatic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «katabatic» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF KATABATIC

Find out the translation of katabatic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of katabatic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «katabatic» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

下吹
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

catabático
570 millions of speakers
en

English

katabatic
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अधोगामी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

katabatic
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

катабатический
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

katabatic
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নিম্নপ্রবাহী বায়ুদ্বারা সংঘটিত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

catabatiques
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Katabatic
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

katabatic
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

カタバ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

하강하는
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Katabatic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

katabatic
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

புவி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कटाबाटिक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

katabatik
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

catabatico
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

katabatic
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

катабатіческій
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

katabatic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

katabatic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

katabatiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

katabatic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

katabatic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of katabatic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KATABATIC»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about katabatic

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2 QUOTES WITH «KATABATIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word katabatic.
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Tim Cahill
Hot, dry katabatic winds, like the south foehn in Europe, the sharav in the Middle East, and the Santa Ana of Southern California, are all believed to have a decided effect on human behavior and are associated with such health problems as migraines, depression, lethargy, and moodiness. Some scientists say that this is a myth.
2
Tim Cahill
The hard wind we get around here on the eastern slopes of the Rockies is called a Chinook. It's a katabatic wind and comes from mountains to the west of us and the mountains to the south.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KATABATIC»

Discover the use of katabatic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to katabatic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and ...
The cooler, more dense air has incr eased pressure near the slope and glides downslope into the valle y, providing a katabatic downslope wind known as a mountain breeze. (Because gravity is the force that directs these winds downhill, they ...
C. Donald Ahrens, Peter Lawrence Jackson, Christine E. J. Jackson, 2012
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Encyclopedia of Marine Science
K. L equipment. The massive amount of data collected is. katabatic winds Katabatic winds are caused by a layer of cold air forming near the ground over elevated, sloping terrain through radiative cooling. Typically, these winds form on a clear ...
C. Reid Nichols, Robert G. Williams, 2009
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Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology: Studies Based on ...
Past authors have shown that these streaks indicate katabatic wind activity. In the present study, satellite imagery, automatic weather station (AWS) data, and synoptic analyses are used to characterize such activity for the 1982 austral winter.
David H. Bromwich, Charles R. Stearns, 1993
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Desert Geomorphology
20.2.2 Anabatic and katabatic winds Anabatic (upslope) and katabatic ( downslope) winds characterize the climates of many areas close to mountain masses over about 10km diameter. Katabatic winds are generally the stronger. A model of ...
Ronald U. Cooke, Andrew Warren, Andrew S. Goudie, 2006
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
Eskimo 'kamiks'. and an apres-ski sweater of elaborate design. 1 drove the three- miles in a rattling weasel. katabatic ad|ective ISee katabatic wind. I Of great strength, 1972 Aurora. The official lournal of the AN ARE club iMelbournel Apr: 13.
Bernadette Hince, 2000
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Coastal Meteorology:: A Review of the State of the Science
Lettau and Schwerdtfeger (1967), one serious limitation on the continued occurrence of katabatic winds in a region is the supply of cold air upslope. Persistent katabatic flow requires replenishment of cold air either by convergence of drainage ...
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, Committee on Meteorological Analysis, Prediction, and Research, 1992
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Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers
According to a strict definition, only winds with gravity as the dominating force are katabatic. Due to the large scale of the sloping glaciers in the Antarctic and Greenland, Coriolis force becomes important, and therefore downslope flows are not ...
Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, 2011
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An Analysis of the Ross Ice Shelf Low-level Wind Field Using ...
Weak Katabatic 1) SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THE WEAK KATABATIC WIND REGIME The weak katabatic wind regime is defined by weak winds blown from the direction of Byrd Glacier. As with the strong katabatic regime, this wind direction ...
Mark William Seefeldt, 2007
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The Arctic Climate System
A prominent feature of the Greenland climate is its “katabatic” wind regime. In the right conditions such drainage winds can reach gale force. In its most generic sense, a katabatic wind (from the Greek word katabikos – to go down) refers to any ...
Mark C. Serreze, Roger G. Barry, 2005
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Studies in Antarctic Meteorology
Katabatic winds. The vertical thickness of katabatic winds extends to the top of the inversion. Ball's [1960] nomogram for determining the katabatic force in terms of inversion strength and surface slope shows that katabatic forces exceed ...
Morton J. Rubin, 1966

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KATABATIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term katabatic is used in the context of the following news items.
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How Small Scale Winds Affect Weather and Climate
Downslope winds can also be called Katabatic Winds. These winds are the technical name for winds that are stronger than the run of the mill ... «WNCT, Jul 15»
2
Stratospheric Intrusions Linked To Wild Fires
These katabatic winds are driven primarily by thermal gradients, but can be exacerbated by northerly flow associated with upper level troughs ... «reportingclimatescience.com, Jul 15»
3
Within spitting distance to adventure
Brisk katabatic winds — winds caused when cold air whooshes downhill — flow off the glacier and help keep paddlers a safe distance in the ... «Homer News, Jul 15»
4
Haters' Guide to Summer: Flee for cooler climates
There are hundreds of thousands of birds, including king penguins, and something called katabatic wind mean weather changes in much the ... «National Post, Jul 15»
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Kauto Star was 'the champion of all champions' says Paul Nicholls
They can live well into their 20s and some even longer (1991 Champion Chase hero Katabatic is still going strong at 32 near Gillingham). «Western Gazette, Jul 15»
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Do Windy Glaciers Melt Faster?
Katabatic wind-blown snow caught behind craggy peaks, near Meehan Glacier in NW Greenland. By, NASA/Jeremy Harbeck, via Flicker. «GlacierHub, Jun 15»
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Montana racks up craft beer awards; Billings and Missoula take top …
Red Lodge Ales brought home three medals, including two golds and a bronze, while Livingston's Katabatic Brewing company won gold for its American-Style ... «KAJ18 Kalispell Montana News, Jun 15»
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Virtual met masts - The Round Robin analysis
... if you need one in the valley downwind of the ridge when you don't yet know if there are katabatic/downslope winds or recirculation on site? «Windpower Monthly, May 15»
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Water surprise: The Water Book reviewed
... the extraordinary icy landscape of bergs and floes and the risky, bone-shaking trip across 70 km of ice through freezing katabatic winds make ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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The Water Book by Alok Jha review – this remarkable substance
There is science, but also Adélie penguins, ferocious katabatic winds and plenty of ice (the Antarctic is covered by 10,000tn tons of snow and ... «The Guardian, May 15»
REFERENCE
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