| NOUN | phenomenon | prevailing wind | the predominant wind direction |
|---|
| Meaning | The predominant wind direction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the prevailing wind is from the southwest" | |
| Narrower | antitrade wind, antitrade | winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics |
| antitrades | wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | |
| trade wind, trade | steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator | |
| Broader | wind, air current, current of air | Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure |
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