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anti-trade, attrib. a. and n.|ˈæntɪˌtreɪd|
[anti- 2.]
In anti-trade wind, also ellipt. anti-trade, -s: A wind that blows steadily in the opposite direction to the trade-wind, that is, in the northern hemisphere from S.W., and in southern hemisphere from N.W.
1853Sir J. Herschel Pop. Lect. iv. §19. (1873) 157 The great and permanent system of winds known as the ‘trades’ and ‘anti-trades.’ 1867E. Denison Astron. without Math. 40 This secondary or anti-trade wind prevails from about 30° to 60° latitude at sea. 1875J. Croll Climate & Time ii. 28 The south-west wind to which we owe so much of our warmth in this country, is the continuation of the anti-trade. |