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PRONUNCIATION OF EASTERLIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EASTERLIES

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Easterlies is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EASTERLIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

easterlies

Trade wind

The trade winds are the prevailing pattern of easterly surface winds found in the tropics, within the lower portion of the Earth's atmosphere, in the lower section of the troposphere near the Earth's equator. The trade winds blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere, strengthening during the winter and when the Arctic oscillation is in its warm phase. Historically, the trade winds have been used by captains of sailing ships to cross the world's oceans for centuries, and enabled European empire expansion into the Americas and trade routes to become established across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In meteorology, the trade winds act as the steering flow for tropical storms that form over the Atlantic, Pacific, and southern Indian Oceans and make landfall in North America, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar and eastern Africa, respectively. Trade winds also steer African dust westward across the Atlantic Ocean into the Caribbean Sea, as well as portions of southeastern North America.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EASTERLIES

easterling
easterly
eastermost
eastern
Eastern bloc
Eastern Cape
Eastern Church
Eastern Daylight Time
Eastern Empire
Eastern Europe
Eastern European
Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
Eastern Ghats
eastern hemisphere
eastern meadowlark

WORDS THAT END LIKE EASTERLIES

applies
as the crow flies
families
ferlies
have someone by the short and curlies
hurly-burlies
northeasterlies
northerlies
northwesterlies
orderlies
pearlies
quarterlies
replies
short and curlies
southeasterlies
southwesterlies
supplies
to have sb by the short and curlies
Westerlies
yearlies

Synonyms and antonyms of easterlies in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «easterlies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EASTERLIES

Find out the translation of easterlies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of easterlies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «easterlies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

东风
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vientos del este
570 millions of speakers

English

easterlies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

easterlies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شرقيين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

восточные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

easterlies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

easterlies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

easterlies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Easterlies
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ostwinde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

東風
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

easterlies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Easterlies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

easterlies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

easterlies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इस्टरलीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

easterlies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

easterlies
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

easterlies
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

східні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

easterlies
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

easterlies
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oostewinde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

easterlies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

easterlies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of easterlies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EASTERLIES»

The term «easterlies» is regularly used and occupies the 93.989 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EASTERLIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about easterlies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EASTERLIES»

Discover the use of easterlies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to easterlies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Teacher's Weather Sourcebook
The Polar Easterlies Like all of the other wind belts of Earth, the polar easterlies represent an attempt to balance radiation differences. Because of this, the winds in polar regions favor an easterly direction, although there is marked variation ...
Tom Konvicka, 1999
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Monsoons over China
The ending of the westerlies was also quite sudden. After 26 July the easterlies rapidly extended westward in the same manner as the westerlies did. At the same time, the establishment of the easterlies was also very rapid. As the subtropical ...
Ding Yihui, 1994
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Climatology of West Africa
The dramatic consequences for surface weather of these disturbances are discussed below, but it may be noted now that to the west of the wave axes, ahead of the downward bulges in the base of the undulating easterlies, strong up - draughts ...
Derek F. Hayward, J. S. Oguntoyinbo, 1987
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Atmosphere, Weather and Climate
90°N Polar Easterlies Polar Easterlies Polar Easterlies Polar Easterlies Polar Easterlies Easterlies Westerlies Westerlies Westerlies Westerlies Westerlies Westerlies NE Trades NE Trades NE Trades NE Trades SE Trades Southern Westerlies ...
Roger G. Barry, Richard J Chorley, 2009
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Basics Of Atmospheric Science
The above distribution of surface winds (easterlies in the low latitudes and polar regions and westerlies in the mid latitudes) in both the hemispheres is consistent with a tri- cell meridional structure of the atmospheric circulation. The three cells ...
Chandrasekar, Chandrasekar A.
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Wanderers in Space: Exploration and Discovery in the Solar ...
Focus 5C The windy planet The Windy Planet ,e polar easterlies pola r easterlies polar easterlies polar easterli es polar easterlies polar easterlies polar easier roaring forties roaring forties roaring forties roarin forties westerlies roaring forties  ...
Kenneth R. Lang, 1991
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The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System
North West H H H L L South pole polar easterlies pola r easterlies polar easterlies polar easterli es polar easterlies polar easterlies polar easter roaring forties roaring forties roaring forties roarin forties westerlies roaring forties roaring forties ...
Kenneth R. Lang, 2011
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Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System
The decade opened with descriptions of the remarkable Quasibiennial Oscillation (QBO) showing that neither the formerly identified ''Krakatoa Easterlies '' nor the ''Berson Westerlies'' were steady features of the equatorial stratosphere ( Ebdon ...
William K.-M. Lau, Duane E. Waliser, 2011
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Principles of Meteorological Analysis
Alpert gives a rather detailed discussion of just a portion of this trough.9 c) Interference in the subtropics—In the vicinity of the subtropical high-pressure axes, the easterlies of the tropics are overlain by the mid-latitude westerlies in which ...
Walter J. Saucier, 2003
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Stratosphere Troposphere Interactions: An Introduction
Easterlies at 35 km level facilitate the absorption of MRG waves and spread of easterlies below. When the descending westerly wind regimereaches the tropopause level through the absorption of Kelvin waves, the MRG waves, which were ...
K. Mohanakumar, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EASTERLIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term easterlies is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mesoscale Systems In The Atmosphere And Their Relationship To …
The equatorial easterlies have a characteristic wavelength of a few hundred miles. It is no simpler to say why this should be so than it is to say ... «Decoded Science, Jul 15»
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Fresh 'low' in Bay to benefit east, NE, parts of North-West
In fact, strong westerlies over the plains are running into monsoon easterlies, neutralising a major feature that sets up 'break monsoon.'. «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
3
African dust blows into Houston, more on the way
One side of effect is that unusually strong winds called "easterlies" are blowing from Africa straight toward the Caribbean and then turning north ... «KTRK-TV, Jul 15»
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More heavy rains expected in Darjeeling in next 48 hours
Rainfall decreases only when there is a strong system in the Bay of Bengal as it changes the winds from westerlies to easterlies. Currently, the ... «Skymet Weather, Jul 15»
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Buckinghamshire weather: Cooler today with possible …
... hot as yesterday with temperatures reaching maximums of 25°C to 27°C (77°F to 81°F) whilst winds will become moderate south-easterlies. «Get Bucks, Jul 15»
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Buckinghamshire weather: This could be the hottest day of the year …
... sunshine around and temperatures soaring to maximums of 31°C to 33°C (88°F to 91°F) whilst winds will become moderate south-easterlies. «Get Bucks, Jun 15»
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Understanding the Madden–Julian oscillation
In the presence of surface friction, low-level convergence is observed in the region of easterlies (westward flow) to the east while divergence is ... «Physics Today, Jun 15»
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Buckinghamshire weather: Another glorious sunny day
Feeling warm in the sunshine with maximum temperatures of 28°C (82°F) whilst winds will become light south-easterlies. Pollen and UV levels ... «Get Bucks, Jun 15»
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Rainfall likely to increase in parts of U'khand
Anand Sharma, director of the meteorological centre, said, "Easterlies are coming towards Uttarakhand and indications of increase in rainfall in ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
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Whakapapa and Turoa to open
There were no easterlies like there were last year," said Fraser. New Zealand musicians Savage and Timmy Trumpet were booked to play at ... «Waikato Times, Jun 15»

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