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noun
A drainage wind or a fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Bohemian wind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, natural-sciences
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noun
a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: catabatic wind
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wind, air current, current of air
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