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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">On a [[synoptic chart]] (<br/>''or'' on a [[mean chart]] of [[atmospheric pressure]]), a point of  local minimum or maximum pressure; the center of a [[low]] or [[high]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Pressure center is also a center of [[cyclonic]] or [[anticyclonic circulation]]. <br/>''See'' [[center of action]],  [[central pressure]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">On a [[synoptic chart]] (''or'' on a [[mean chart]] of [[atmospheric pressure]]), a point of  local minimum or maximum pressure; the center of a [[low]] or [[high]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Pressure center is also a center of [[cyclonic]] or [[anticyclonic circulation]]. <br/>''See'' [[center of action]],  [[central pressure]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 05:57, 18 March 2019



pressure center

On a synoptic chart (or on a mean chart of atmospheric pressure), a point of local minimum or maximum pressure; the center of a low or high.

Pressure center is also a center of cyclonic or anticyclonic circulation.
See center of action, central pressure.


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