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Prevailing wind
/prɪvˈeɪlɪŋ
wɪnd/
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Prevailing wind
noun
1.
The predominant wind direction.
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"Prevailing wind" Quotes from Famous Books
...
dark night without a moon. The
prevailing wind
which hurries down from the Pyrenees to the warmer plains of Spain stirred the budding leaves of the trees that border the road below the
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— The Velvet Glove • Henry Seton Merriman
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