trade wind
[ wind ]
/ wɪnd /
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noun
Also trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
any wind that blows in one regular course, or continually in the same direction.
Nearby words
trade show, trade union, trade unionism, trade unionist, trade up, trade wind, trade winds, trade-in, trade-last, trade-name, trade-off
Origin of trade wind
First recorded in 1625–35
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trade wind
/ (wɪnd) /
noun
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
Word Origin for trade wind
C17: from to blow trade to blow steadily in one direction, from trade in the obsolete sense: a track
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