diurnal wind

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• mountain wind — noun : a breeze of diurnal period depending on the unevenness of land surfaces and blowing down the slope by night called also mountain breeze; compare valley wind * * * /wind/ a wind descending a mountain valley at night. Cf. valley wind. [1600… …   Useful english dictionary

• valley wind — noun : a breeze of diurnal period depending on the unevenness of land surfaces that blows up the slope by day compare mountain wind * * * /wind/ a wind that ascends a mountain valley during the day. Cf. mountain wind …   Useful english dictionary

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