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- 1. a wind from the direction that is predominant or most usual at a particular place or season: "the trees all leaned inland, away from the prevailing wind"
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In meteorology, prevailing wind in a region of the Earth's surface is a surface wind that blows predominantly from a particular direction. The dominant winds are the trends in direction of wind with the highest speed over a particular point on the Earth's surface at any given time. A region's prevailing and dominant winds are the result of global patterns of movement in the Earth's atmosphere. In ... Wikipedia
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