trade wind
A steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equatorA steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.
» Tom rode the trade wind.
Meaning
1 sensesA steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.
They rode the trade winds going west.
Passat, Passatwind
пасса́тpassát
steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
Examples
4 sentencesTom rode the trade wind.
The trade winds also drive sailing vessels from the Americas toward Asia.
Early commerce to the Americas relied on the trade winds—the prevailing easterly winds that circle the Earth near the equator.
Trade winds are winds that blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
Translations
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Origin
Compound of trade (“course, path (of running)”, from 14th c.) + wind, because of their conCompound of trade (“course, path (of running)”, from 14th c.) + wind, because of their consistent linear direction. Associations with transatlantic trade are a later folk etymology.
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