ridge of high pressure
11ridge — I. /rɪdʒ / (say rij) noun 1. a long, narrow elevation of land, or a chain of hills or mountains. 2. the long and narrow upper part or crest of something, as of an animal s back, a hill, a wave, etc. 3. Obsolete the back of an animal. 4. any… …
12ridge — [[t]rɪdʒ[/t]] n. v. ridged, ridg•ing 1) a long, narrow elevation of land, as a chain of hills 2) the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill 3) zool. the back of an animal 4) any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth 5)… …
13ridge — ► NOUN 1) a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed. 2) a narrow raised band on a surface. 3) Meteorology an elongated region of high barometric pressure. 4) the edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top. ► VERB… …
14Pressure suit — A pressure suit is a protective suit worn by high altitude pilots who may fly at altitudes where the air pressure is too low for an unprotected person to survive, even breathing pure oxygen at positive pressure. Such suits may be either full… …
15Ridge (disambiguation) — A Ridge can be a number of things in English:* Ridge, a geological feature that features a continuous elevational crest for some distance * Ridge, Dorset, a village in Dorset, England * Ridge, Hertfordshire, a village in Hertfordshire, England *… …
16Pressure point — For other uses, see Pressure point (disambiguation). Pressure point (穴位) Chinese name Chinese 穴位 …
17ridge — n. & v. n. 1 the line of the junction of two surfaces sloping upwards towards each other (the ridge of a roof). 2 a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed. 3 any narrow elevation across a surface. 4 Meteorol. an elongated region of… …
18Ridge (meteorology) — A ridge is an elongated region of relatively high atmospheric pressure, the opposite of a trough.ee also* Geopotential height * Block (meteorology) * Trough (meteorology) …
19ridge — noun 1》 a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed. ↘the edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top. 2》 a narrow raised band on a surface. ↘a raised strip of arable land, especially one of a set separated… …
20Low-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… …
