Atmospheric circulations that rotate anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Anticyclones are areas of higher pressure and are generally associated with lighter winds and fine and settled conditions.
In the Northern Hemisphere, an area of high atmospheric pressure with a closed, clockwise movement of air (circulation). Also known as an anticylone.
an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"
A mass of air that presses down strongly on the surface of the Earth because it is being cooled and is therefore more dense
Made by falling air, is slow moving, and brings settled weather, brings hot and dry weather in the summer and cold clear weather in the winter.
Defined as water gauge pressure in excess of 1 MPa.
An atmospheric condition characterized by air descending, compressing and warming. High pressure generally inhibits the formation of clouds, meaning fair weather.
Pressure in a process component in excess of the maximum operating pressure but less than the maximum allowable working pressure (for pipelines, maximum allowable operating pressure).
High pressure science and engineering is studying the effects of high pressure on materials and the design and construction of devices, such as a diamond anvil cell, which can create high pressure. By high pressure it is meant pressures of thousands (kilobars) or millions (megabars) of times atmospheric pressure (about 1 bar).