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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In meteorology, an area of high pressure, referring to a maximum of [[atmospheric pressure]]  in two dimensions (closed isobars) in the synoptic surface chart, or a maximum of height (closed  contours) in the [[constant-pressure chart]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Since a high is, on the [[synoptic chart]], always associated with [[anticyclonic circulation]], the  term is used interchangeably with [[anticyclone]]. <br/>''Compare'' [[low]].</div><br/> </div>
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