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prevailing winds

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  • Prevailing winds — The prevailing winds are the trends in speed and direction of wind over a particular point on the earth s surface. A region s prevailing winds often showglobal patterns of movement in the earth s atmosphere. Prevailing winds are the causes of… …   Wikipedia

  • prevailing winds — The winds produced by the global patterns of barometric pressure, both at the surface and aloft. The prevailing winds are influenced by the earth’s rotation (Coriolis effect). The prevailing winds are the polar high, polar easterlies, subpolar… …   Aviation dictionary

  • prevailing — prevailing, prevalent, rife, current are comparable when they mean general (as in circulation, acceptance, or use) especially in a given place or at a given time. Prevailing applies especially to something which is predominant or which generally… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Prevailing — is synonymous with dominant: *Prevailing winds *Prevailing visibility *Prevailing wage …   Wikipedia

  • prevailing wind — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms prevailing wind : singular prevailing wind plural prevailing winds a wind that blows in a particular area at a particular time of year …   English dictionary

  • prevailing — prevailingly, adv. prevailingness, n. /pri vay ling/, adj. 1. predominant: prevailing winds. 2. generally current: the prevailing opinion. 3. having superior power or influence. 4. effectual. [1580 90; PREVAIL + ING2] Syn. 1 …   Universalium

  • prevailing — [[t]prɪve͟ɪlɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n The prevailing wind in an area is the type of wind that blows over that area most of the time. The direction of the prevailing winds should be taken into account …   English dictionary

  • prevailing — pre•vail•ing [[t]prɪˈveɪ lɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) most frequent; predominant: prevailing winds[/ex] 2) generally current: the prevailing opinion[/ex] 3) having superior power or influence • Etymology: 1580–90 pre•vail′ing•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

  • prevailing — adjective most frequent or common prevailing winds • Syn: ↑prevalent, ↑predominant, ↑dominant, ↑rife • Similar to: ↑frequent • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • prevailing westerlies — noun plural : the average or normal westerly winds of the middle latitudes * * * prevailing westerlies, the usual westerly winds that blow between 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude, both north and south of the equator …   Useful english dictionary

  • prevailing westerly — noun the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth • Syn: ↑westerly • Derivationally related forms: ↑westerly (for: ↑westerly) • Hypernyms: ↑west wind, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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