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n. A wind system that influences large climatic regions and reverses direction seasonally.

n. A wind from the southwest or south that brings heavy rainfall to southern Asia in the summer.

n. The rain that accompanies this wind.

n. Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.

n. Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.

n. The rains themselves.

n. Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.

n. A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.

n. A heavy rainfall in India associated with the southwest monsoon{1}.

n. The season in which the monsoon{2} occurs.

n. A wind occurring in the alternation of the trade-winds in India and the north Indian ocean.

n. Any of the winds that have annual alternations of direction and velocity, arising from differences of temperature between continents or islands and the surrounding ocean.

n. rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains

n. a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter

n. any wind that changes direction with the seasons

"The term monsoon, or "monsun," I may explain, is derived from an Arabic word, _mausim_, meaning "a set time, or season of the year;" and is generally applied to a system of regular wind currents, like the Trades, blowing in different hemispheres beyond the range of those old customers with which ordinary voyagers are familiar."

rainy season    wind    air current    current of air    rainfall   

Bethune    Boone    Calhoun    June    Karun   

trade wind    gale    transept    peninsula    winde