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horse latitudes
–noun
| the latitudes, approximately 30° N and S, forming the edges of the trade-wind belt, characterized by high atmospheric pressure with calms and light variable winds. |
[Origin: 1765–75; prob. as trans. of Sp golfo de las yeguas lit., mares' sea; explanation of the literal sense remains uncert., despite numerous hypotheses
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| horse latitudes
pl.n. Either of two belts of latitudes located over the oceans at about 30° to 35° north and south, having high barometric pressure, calms, and light, changeable winds. [Possibly from Spanish golfo de las yeguas, mares' sea.] |
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horse latitudes
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Either of two regions of the globe, found over the oceans about 30 degrees north and south of the equator, where winds are light and the weather is hot and dry. They are associated with high atmospheric pressure and with the large-scale descent of cool dry air that spreads either toward the equator, as the trade winds, or toward the poles, as the westerlies. |
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