TRADE WINDS meaning: Persistent winds blowing near equator

We found 20 dictionaries that define the word trade winds:

General (10 matching dictionaries)

trade winds: Merriam-Webster
trade winds: Collins English Dictionary
trade winds: Vocabulary.com
trade-winds: Wordnik
trade-winds, trade winds: Wiktionary
trade winds: Dictionary.com
Trade Winds (film), Trade winds: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Trade Winds: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
trade winds: TheFreeDictionary.com
The Trade Winds: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

trade winds: Encyclopedia

Science (5 matching dictionaries)

From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
Trade Winds: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
trade winds: Evolution Glossary
Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (No longer online)
Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)

Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
Trade Winds: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Trade Winds)

▸ noun: The trade winds or easterlies are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region.
▸ noun: a 1938 American comedy murder mystery film directed by Tay Garnett written by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, and Frank R. Adams, based on the story by Tay Garnett.

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westerlies

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