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trade wind
[ wind ]
noun
- Also trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- any wind that blows in one regular course, or continually in the same direction.
trade wind
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noun
- a wind blowing obliquely towards the equator either from the northeast in the N hemisphere or the southeast in the S hemisphere, approximately between latitudes 30° N and S, forming part of the planetary wind system
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of trade wind1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of trade wind1
Example Sentences
The science here is most compelling when Selby spins thermal columns, updrafts, trade winds and cloud formations into a history of California’s cities and often manmade geography.
Officials attributed the stormy Atlantic outlook to a confluence of factors including record-warm ocean temperatures; reduced Atlantic trade winds and wind shear; and the development of La Niña.
El Niño affects weather worldwide due to weakened trade winds in the Pacific Ocean and often results in warmer summers in the Northern Hemisphere.
During the neutral phase, which is or soon will be in effect, the so-called trade winds rush from east to west along the equator.
Boats that miss their destination can be swept away by Atlantic trade winds and currents from east to west, drifting for months.
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