Trade Wind Definition

wĭnd
noun
Any of a consistent system of prevailing winds occupying most of the tropics, constituting the major component of the general circulation of the atmosphere, and blowing northeasterly in the Northern Hemisphere and southeasterly in the Southern Hemisphere.
American Heritage
A wind that blows steadily toward the equator from the northeast in the tropics north of the equator and from the southeast in the tropics south of the equator.
Webster's New World
Alternative form of trade wind.
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Noun

Singular:
trade wind
Plural:
trade winds

Origin of Trade Wind

  • From obsolete to blow trade to blow in a regular course from trade regular course (obsolete)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Trade Wind Sentence Examples

  • In the Marquesas group the trade-wind is constant.

  • The south-east trade-wind blows obliquely across the Atlantic Ocean until it reaches Brazil.

  • The hottest and wettest months are from December to March, but there is usually a fresh trade-wind blowing and the climate is healthy.

  • The island lies within the immediate influence of the south-east trade-wind.

  • The absence of rain here is ascribed to the action of the lofty uplands of the Andes on the trade-wind, and to the influence of the cold Humboldt current sweeping northward along the west coast of the continent.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

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DNDIND

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