TRADE WIND


Meaning of TRADE WIND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1650

: a wind blowing almost constantly in one direction ; especially : a wind blowing almost continually toward the equator from the northeast in the belt between the northern horse latitudes and the doldrums and from the southeast in the belt between the southern horse latitudes and the doldrums — usually used in plural

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