Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A zone or region embracing from four to six degrees of latitude parallel to the equator, characterized by the prevalence of calms during the greater part of the year.
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Examples
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Here Maury's wind chart showed that the calm-belt had long been passed, but we were in it still; and, instead of
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843
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Here Maury’s wind chart showed that the calm-belt had long been passed, but we were in it still; and, instead of a current carrying us north, we had a contrary current which bore us every day four miles to the south.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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