mountain-gap wind


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mountain-gap wind

[′mau̇nt·ən ¦gap ‚wind]
(meteorology)
A local wind blowing through a gap between mountains.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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