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• 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

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

• wind — wind1 n. /wind/, Literary /wuynd/; v. /wind/, n. 1. air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth s surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast. 2. a gale; storm; hurricane. 3. any …   Universalium

• WInd — West Indian. Also, W.Ind. * * * I Movement of air relative to the surface of the Earth. Wind is an important factor in determining and controlling climate and weather. It is also the generating force of most ocean and freshwater waves. Wind… …   Universalium

• atmospheric circulation — ▪ meteorology       any atmospheric flow used to refer to the general circulation of the Earth and regional movements of air around areas of high and low pressure. On average, this circulation corresponds to large scale wind systems arranged in… …   Universalium

• 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

• Atmospheric circulation — is the large scale movement of air, and the means (together with the smaller ocean circulation) by which heat is distributed on the surface of the Earth. The large scale structure of the atmospheric circulation varies from year to year, but the… …   Wikipedia

• General circulation — vereinfachtes Schema der globalen Zirkulation Die planetarische Zirkulation, oder auch allgemeine, planetare oder globale Zirkulation (englisch: general circulation, global circulation), ist eine Sammelbezeichnung für atmosphärische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Environmental impact of wind power — Livestock ignore wind turbines,[1] and continue to graze as they did before wind turbines were installed. Compared to the environmental impact of traditional energy sources, the environmental impact of wind power is relatively minor. Wind power… …   Wikipedia

• tradewind — trade wind (wĭnd) n. 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… …   Universalium

• climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …   Universalium