Pressure-fall center

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pressure-fall center

(Or center of falls;
also called katallobaric center, isallobaric minimum, isallobaric low.) A point of maximum decrease in atmospheric pressure over a specified interval of time; on synoptic charts, a point of greatest negative pressure tendency; opposed to a pressure- rise center.


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