trade wind (redirected from north-east trade wind)

trade wind  (wnd)

n.

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. Often used in the plural.

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[From obsolete to blow trade, to blow in a regular course, from trade, regular course (obsolete).]

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trade wind

Noun

a wind blowing steadily towards the equator either from the northeast in the N hemisphere or the southeast in the S hemisphere

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

trade wind - steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator; "they rode the trade winds going west" trade prevailing wind - the predominant wind direction; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest"

Translations

trade wind n → viento alisio

trade wind n → alizé m

trade wind trade n → Passat m

trade wind n → aliseo