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The warm, subtropical bands which encircle the globe between approximately 30 and 35 degrees both north and south of the Equator, characterized by high atmospheric pressure and dry variable winds ranging from calm to light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, plural, plural-only
Topics: climatology, geography, meteorology, natural-sciences
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A condition of relative inactivity, calm, or lethargy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, plural, plural-only
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Alternative form of horse latitudes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
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Various theories; probably from a sailors' ritual of parading a straw-stuffed effigy of a horse around the deck before throwing it overboard.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
зони на безветрие
(zoni na bezvetrie)
— warm, dry subtropical bands encircling the globe
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Finnish:
hepoasteet
— warm, dry subtropical bands encircling the globe
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French:
les latitudes des chevaux
— warm, dry subtropical bands encircling the globe
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Russian:
ко́нские широ́ты
(kónskije širóty)
— warm, dry subtropical bands encircling the globe
