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Definition of: monsoon
(mon·s
n′) noun Meteorol.
1. A wind that blows more or less steadily along the Asiatic coast of the Pacific, in winter from the northeast (dry monsoon), in summer from the southwest (wet monsoon).
2. A trade wind. [<MDu. monssoen <Pg. monção <Arabic mausim season]
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