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Prevailing wind   /prɪvˈeɪlɪŋ wɪnd/   Listen
Prevailing wind

noun
1.
The predominant wind direction.





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"Prevailing wind" Quotes from Famous Books



... most, those at the ends lass, looking like a paling with a crowd pressing against it. At another point, two houses lean together as if supporting one another. In certain streets the houses for a long distance lean all one way, like trees beaten by a prevailing wind; and then another long row will lean in the opposite direction, as if ...
— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 (of 10) • Various
... feet. The moonlight, shining fitfully through flying clouds, illumined the face of the old house and the two road-stained figures standing under its walls. It was a lonely, rambling building, partly sheltered from the prevailing wind by a clump of poplars, and looking out down an avenue ...
— A Tall Ship - On Other Naval Occasions • Sir Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie


Words linked to "Prevailing wind" :   current of air, trade wind, trade, wind, air current, antitrade, antitrades, antitrade wind


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