katabatic

IPA: kætʌbˈætɪk

Short for katabatic wind. [(climatology) A drainage wind or a fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Bohemian wind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity.]

Examples of "katabatic" in Sentences

Personally I think 'katabatic' would be a good name for a cat ...
He explained that this area had a permanent offshore gale called the katabatic—Greek for flowing downhill.
He explained that this area had a permanent offshore gale called the katabatic – Greek for flowing downhill.
Array them on the the sides of mountains and along the valleys to create katabatic tunnels and magnify the force and duration of the winds.
It's on the receiving end of "katabatic" winds flowing virtually uninterrupted down the ice fields to the sea from the center of the continent.
The winds, called katabatic winds, form as air slides down from the high plateau of Antarctica's interior and funnels into small drainages near the coast.
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.
As this extremely cold, dense air sinks, it can get funneled through rugged channels in the ice and rock to become ferocious, deadly gusts called katabatic winds that howl toward the coast of Antarctica.
These are referred to as katabatic winds and are narrow, strong regions of wind blowing from the cold mountain plateau of Greenland down the steep mountainsides and out over the ocean, causing large waves.