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antitrade

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an⋅ti⋅trade

  [an-ti-treyd]
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–noun
1. antitrades, westerly winds lying above the trade winds in the tropics.
–adjective
2. noting or pertaining to such a wind.
Origin:
1850–55; anti- + trade
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an·ti·trade   (ān'tĭ-trād')   
n.  The westerly winds above the surface trade winds of the tropics, which become the prevailing westerly winds of the middle latitudes. Often used in the plural.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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