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1Wind shear — Wind shear, sometimes referred to as windshear or wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere. Wind shear can be broken down into vertical and horizontal components, with… …
2Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the …
3wind — wind1 n. /wind/, Literary /wuynd/; v. /wind/, n. 1. air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth s surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast. 2. a gale; storm; hurricane. 3. any …
4wind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. twist, [en]twine; coil, curl, spiral; bandage, loop; enfold, in fold; wreathe, roll; crank, reel; sinuate, meander, wander. See convulsion, deviation, rotation. n. See wind. II Current of air Nouns… …
5WInd — West Indian. Also, W.Ind. * * * I Movement of air relative to the surface of the Earth. Wind is an important factor in determining and controlling climate and weather. It is also the generating force of most ocean and freshwater waves. Wind… …
6mountain wind — /wind/ a wind descending a mountain valley at night. Cf. valley wind. [1600 10] * * * …
7Diablo wind — is a name that has been occasionally used for the hot, dry offshore wind from the northeast that typically occurs in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California during the spring and fall. The same wind pattern also affects other parts of… …
8Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind North American cover of the second volume of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 風の谷のナウシカ (Kaze no Tani no Naushika) …
9Trade wind — The trade winds (also called trades) are the prevailing pattern of easterly winds found in the tropics near the Earth s equator [cite web|author= |title= trade winds|work=Glossary of Meteorology |publisher= American Meteorological Society |date=… …
10mountain wind — noun : a breeze of diurnal period depending on the unevenness of land surfaces and blowing down the slope by night called also mountain breeze; compare valley wind * * * /wind/ a wind descending a mountain valley at night. Cf. valley wind. [1600… …
