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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In meteorology, an elongated area of relatively low atmospheric [[pressure]]; the opposite of  a [[ridge]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The axis of a trough is the [[trough line]]. This term is commonly used to distinguish the previous  condition from the [[closed circulation]] of a [[low]] (or [[cyclone]]), but a large-scale trough may include  one or more lows, an [[upper-air trough]] may be associated with a lower-level low, and a low may  have one or more distinct troughs radiating from it. <br/>''See'' [[front]], [[dynamic trough]], [[easterly wave]],  [[equatorial wave]].</div><br/> </div>
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