low-pressure area

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• Low-pressure area — This depiction of the Hadley cell shows the process which sustains low pressure areas. Diverging winds aloft allow for lower pressure and convergence at the Earth s surface, which leads to upward motion. A low pressure area, or low , is a region… …   Wikipedia

• Low pressure area — A low pressure area, or low , is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower in relation to the surrounding area. Tropical storms, extratropical cyclones, subpolar cyclones, and subarctic cyclones are called low pressure cells.Lows are… …   Wikipedia

• low pressure area — area having low air pressure …   English contemporary dictionary

• low-pressure — n [U] a condition of the air over a large area that affects the weather ≠ ↑high pressure …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• High pressure area — A high pressure area (also called a high or high pressure) is a region where the atmospheric pressure is greater than surrounding areas. In the northern hemisphere high pressure areas move clockwise, whereas they move counter clockwise in the… …   Wikipedia

• low-pressure — adjective not forceful a low pressure salesman a low pressure campaign • Similar to: ↑unaggressive, ↑nonaggressive * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. a …   Useful english dictionary

• low-pressure fuel system — That part of the fuel system whose components are located prior to the entry of the fuel into the engine. It consists of fuel tanks, fuel transfer pumps, and a low pressure or booster pump. It also includes the area from where the engine fuel… …   Aviation dictionary

• low-pressure — noun (U) a condition of the air over a large area that affects the weather …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Low — may refer to:*Low (complexity), a relationship between complexity classes in computational complexity theory *Low Island (disambiguation) *Low pressure area, a region where the atmospheric pressure is lowest with relation to the surrounding area… …   Wikipedia

• area — n. 1) to close off, rope off an area 2) an assembly, staging; built up; catchment; disaster; distressed; drainage; impacted ( crowded with federal employees ); metropolitan, urban; residential; rural; service area 3) (soccer) a penalty area 4)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• low — Synonyms and related words: Doric, Hydromatic, a la sourdine, abject, abominable, accented, against, ailing, air mass, alveolar, anticyclone, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, arrant, articulated, asking price, assimilated, atrocious,… …   Moby Thesaurus