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sea breeze

–noun
a thermally produced wind blowing from a cool ocean surface onto adjoining warm land.


Origin:
1690–1700
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sea breeze  
n.  A cool breeze blowing from the sea toward the land.
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sea breeze

The breeze that blows from the sea toward the land during the day, as air rising over the warmer land is replaced by cooler air from above the sea. (Compare land breeze.)

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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