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wind   Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On the surface of the Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air.  
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jet stream   fast flowing, narrow air currents found in the atmosphere of some planets, including Earth.  
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Coriolis effect   Coriolis effect is a deflection of moving objects when the motion is described relative to a rotating reference frame.  
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local wind   one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.  
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global wind   The globe is encircled by six major wind belts, three in each hemisphere. From pole to equator, they are the polar easterlies, the westerlies, and the trade winds.  
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