trade wind (w nd)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. [From obsolete to blow trade, to blow in a regular course, from trade, regular course (obsolete).] |
trade wind [wɪnd]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) 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
[from to blow trade to blow steadily in one direction, from trade in the obsolete sense: a track]
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| Noun | 1. |  trade wind - steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator; "they rode the trade winds going west"prevailing wind - the predominant wind direction; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest" |
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