allowance for wind
1Wind power — Wind power: worldwide installed capacity [1] …
2no-wind heading — A heading determined without allowance for wind and, hence, equal to the course …
3wind gauge — noun a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind • Syn: ↑anemometer, ↑wind gage • Derivationally related forms: ↑anemometric (for: ↑anemometer), ↑anemometrical (for …
4wind — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a air in more or less rapid natural motion, esp. from an area of high pressure to one of low pressure. b a current of wind blowing from a specified direction or otherwise defined (north wind; contrary wind). 2 a breath as needed… …
5wind gauge — /ˈwɪnd geɪdʒ/ (say wind gayj) noun 1. → anemometer (def. 1). 2. an appliance attached to a gun to enable allowance to be made for the force of the wind on the projectile when sighting. 3. a gauge for measuring the pressure of the wind in an organ …
6Dead wind — Dead Dead (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[ a]d; akin to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.] 1. Deprived of life;… …
7Tay Rail Bridge — Infobox Bridge bridge name=Tay Rail Bridge caption=Tay Bridge at Dundee, Scotland from the Dundee Law official name= carries=Rail traffic crosses=Firth of Tay locale=Dundee to Wormit, Scotland maint= id= design= mainspan= length=convert|3264|m… …
8Bell Mobility — For no longer in existence US carrier (which merged with Cingular), see BellSouth Mobility. Bell Mobility Inc. Type Subsidiary Industry Wireless Services …
9Noble savage — For the Virgin Steele album, see Noble Savage (album). A detail from Benjamin West s heroic, neoclassical history painting, The Death of General Wolfe (1771), depicting an idealized Native American. The term noble savage (French, bon sau …
10Rufus Porter — For the American football player see Rufus Porter (American football) . For the American poet see Rufus L. Porter .Rufus M. Porter (May 1, 1792 August 13, 1884) was an American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine.Famous …
