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prevailing wind
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | prevailing wind - the predominant wind direction; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest"antitrades - wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade windstrade wind, trade - steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator; "they rode the trade winds going west"antitrade, antitrade wind - winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropicsair current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" |
prevailing wind
prevailing wind[pri′vāl·iŋ ′wind] (meteorology) prevailing wind direction prevailing wind
Related to prevailing wind: Trade windsWords related to prevailing windnoun the predominant wind directionRelated Words- antitrades
- trade wind
- trade
- antitrade
- antitrade wind
- air current
- current of air
- wind
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