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.
| 1853 Sir J. Herschel Pop. Lect. iv. §19. (1873) 157 The great and permanent system of winds known as the ‘trades’ and ‘anti-trades.’ 1867 E. Denison Astron. without Math. 40 This secondary or anti-trade wind prevails from about 30° to 60° latitude at sea. 1875 J. 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. |