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Hadley cell definition

Had·ley cell (had′lē)

Meteorol. an atmospheric convection pattern in which a current of hot equatorial air rises, divides, cools as it moves toward the poles, descends, and warms as it returns to the equator

Etymology: after George Hadley (1685-1768), Eng meteorologist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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