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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope;
- Example: "an anabatic wind"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anabatic \An`a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?.] Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anabatic adj 1: of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope; "an anabatic wind" [ant: catabatic, katabatic]