katabatic
IPA: kætʌbˈætɪk
noun
- 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.]
adjective
- (meteorology, of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside.
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Examples of "katabatic" in Sentences
- Not all downslope winds are katabatic.
- Katabatic winds can be important in this process.
- This is known a katabatic wind or mountain breeze.
- The strong katabatic wind there is the northeastern bora.
- Thus the williwaw is considered a type of katabatic wind.
- The area is also known for the Bora, a type of katabatic wind.
- A glacier may also erode its environment through katabatic winds.
- The wind generated by this air movement is known as a katabatic wind .
- The wind generated by this air movement is known as a 'katabatic wind'.
- They are not the same as katabatic winds, which usually occur on a larger scale.
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