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Definition of trade-wind in English Turkish dictionary
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Definition of trade-wind in English English dictionary
- Alternative form of trade wind
- A steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator
They rode the trade winds going west.
- tradewind
- {n} a wind which blows the whole year from the same point or a periodical wind a moonsoon
- trade wind
- steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator; "they rode the trade winds going west
- trade wind
- An extremely consistent system of winds occupying most of the tropics, constituting the major component of the general circulation of the atmosphere, blowing northeasterly in the Northern Hemisphere and southeasterly in the Southern Hemisphere
- trade wind
- Easterly tropical wind (north-easterly or south-easterly)
- trade wind
- tropical wind blowing steadily from east to west
- trade wind
- Northeast and southeast winds in the Atlantic blowing continually toward the equator Named after the traditional trading ships, which sailed a course using these winds to their advantage
- trade wind
- 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. a tropical wind that blows towards the equator from either the northeast or the southeast (trade (14-17 centuries); TRADE)
- trade wind
- Winds in certain areas known for their consistent strength and direction Trade winds are named because of their reliability, allowing for planned voyages along the routes favored by those winds
- trade wind
- steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator; "they rode the trade winds going west"