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antitrades

/ ˈæԳɪˌٰɪ /

plural noun

  1. winds in the upper atmosphere blowing in the opposite direction from and above the trade winds

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

antitrades

  1. Winds blowing steadily from west to east in the upper levels of the troposphere, above and in a direction counter to the surface trade winds of the tropics. In the middle latitudes of the North and South Temperate Zones, the antitrades merge with the prevailing westerly surface winds.

  2. Compare trade winds

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