southeast trade wind

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• trade wind — /wind/ 1. Also trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast… …   Universalium

• trade wind — n. [earlier trade, adv., steadily in phr. to blow trade] a wind that blows steadily toward the equator from the northeast in the tropics north of the equator and from the southeast in the tropics south of the equator …   English World dictionary

• trade wind — n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: trade course (14 17 centuries); TRADE1] a tropical wind that blows towards the ↑equator from either the northeast or the southeast …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• trade wind — trade′ wind [[t]wɪnd[/t]] n. mer Often, trade winds. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the world s tropics and subtropics, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the… …   From formal English to slang

• trade wind — noun steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator they rode the trade winds going west • Syn: ↑trade • Hypernyms: ↑prevailing wind * * * noun Etymology: trade (IV …   Useful english dictionary

• Trade wind — The trade winds (also called trades) are the prevailing pattern of easterly winds found in the tropics near the Earth s equator [cite web|author= |title= trade winds|work=Glossary of Meteorology |publisher= American Meteorological Society |date=… …   Wikipedia

• trade wind — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• trade wind — noun (C) a tropical wind that blows continually towards the equator from either the northeast or the southeast …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the …   Wikipedia

• Nanban trade — For the Indian film, see Nanban (film). History of Japan The Samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Rome in 1615, Coll. Borghese, Rome. Paleolithic 35,000–14,000 BC Jōmon period 14,000–300 BC …   Wikipedia

• wind instrument — /wind/ a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. [1575 85] * * * ▪ music Introduction       any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the… …   Universalium