monsoon

mon·soon

noun

The definition of a monsoon is a seasonal, intense wind that blows from the southwest from April to October and from the northeast at other time of the year in parts of Asia, creating heavy rainstorms.

An example of a monsoon is a storm that causes heavy flooding and extreme wind damage.

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monsoon

a seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and S Asia, blowing from the southwest from April to October, and from the northeast during the rest of the year
the season during which this wind blows from the southwest, characterized by heavy rains
any wind that reverses its direction seasonally or blows constantly between land and adjacent water

Origin of monsoon

Middle Dutch monssoen from Portuguese monção from Arabic mausim, a time, a season

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monsoon

noun

A wind system that influences large climatic regions and reverses direction seasonally.
A wind from the southwest or south that brings heavy rainfall to southern Asia in the summer.
A similar seasonal wind, as in the southwest United States, that brings increased rainfall.
The rain that comes with any of these winds or wind systems.

Origin of monsoon

Obsolete Dutch monssoen from Portuguese monção from Arabic mawsim season from wasama to mark wsm

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mon·soon′al
adjective

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A system of winds that influences the climate of a large area and that reverses direction with the seasons. Monsoons are caused primarily by the much greater annual variation in temperature over large areas of land than over large areas of adjacent ocean water. This variation causes an excess of atmospheric pressure over the continents in the winter, and a deficit in the summer. The disparity causes strong winds to blow between the ocean and the land, bringing heavy seasonal rainfall.
In southern Asia, a wind that is part of such a system and that blows from the southwest in the summer and usually brings heavy rains.

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Noun

(plural monsoons)

Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.
The rains themselves.
Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.

Origin

From Arabic Ù…ÙˆØ³Ù… (mausim, “season"), from ÙˆØ³Ù… (wÃ¡sama, “to mark, to brand"), through Portuguese monÃ§Ã£o and Dutch moesson.

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