A monsoon is a wind pattern that changes with seasons. In summer the continents are
warmer than the oceans. So surface pressure is lower over the continents than over the
oceans. As was true of the sea breeze, the air then flows from the oceans toward the land.
This flow of air is a monsoon. In some places, such as India and Burma, the summer
monsoon brings wet weather. And many people use the word “monsoon” to mean the heavy
summer rains of these regions. But monsoons blow in many parts of the world as well.
(Source: Kusumal Rajatanun. A Refresher Course in Writing. Bangkok: Thammasat
University Press, 1983, pp. 13.)