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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 153 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
TRADE, BOARD OF

TRADE WINDS , the name given to the winds which See also:

BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow from the tropical belts of high pressure towards the See also:

EQUATORIAL

equatorial See also:

belt of See also:

low pressure, from the See also:

north-See also:

east in the See also:

NORTHERN

northern hemisphere and from the See also:

south-east in the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern. They are exceedingly See also:

REGULAR

regular, especially over the oceans, where there is no disturbing See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence from the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

LAND

land masses. They receive their name from this feature, the See also:

TERM

term " trade " being used in the otherwise obsolete sense of " direction " or " course " (cf. " tread "). The See also:

AREA

area of their greatest influence may be taken to extend from about 3° to 35° N., and from the See also:

EQUATOR (Late Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)

equator to 28° S., though these belts are actually somewhat narrower at any given See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, as the whole See also:

SYSTEM

system of See also:

SURFACE

surface winds over the globe moves north and south following the See also:

sun. The See also:

WESTERLY

westerly winds prevalent in the belts respectively north of the northern tropical belt of high pressure, and south of the southern, are sometimes known as See also:

ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-trades, their direction being opposite to that of the trade winds.

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