katabatic adjective.
[katǝ'batɪk] In sense 1
catabatic.
L19.[Greek katabatikos, from katabainein go down: see -IC. Cf. ANABATIC.]1. Medicine. Gradually declining in severity.
rare. Only in
L19.2. Meteorology. Of a wind: caused by local downward motion of (esp. cool dense) air. Opp.
ANABATIC.
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