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| trade wind (plural trade winds) |
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prevailing tropical wind: a prevailing tropical wind that blows towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or from the southeast in the southern hemisphere. The trade winds are major components of the global weather system.
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| [< blow trade 'blow in a constant direction'] |
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