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circulation pattern

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circulation pattern [‚sər·kyə·′lā·shən ‚pad·ərn]
(meteorology)
The general geometric configuration of atmospheric circulation usually applied, in synoptic meteorology, to the large-scale features of synoptic charts and mean charts.
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