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  • 1Mean Wind Speed —   The arithmetic wind speed over a specified time period and height above the ground (the majority of U.S. National Weather Service anemometers are at 20 feet (6.1 meters) …

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  • 2Average Wind Speed — (or Velocity)   The mean wind speed over a specified period of time …

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  • 3mean wind — The mean wind direction and the speed as measured from a sample reading taken every second over a two minute period …

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  • 4Wind gradient — In common usage, wind gradient, more specifically wind speed gradientcite book | last = Hadlock | first = Charles | title = Mathematical Modeling in the Environment | publisher = Mathematical Association of America | location = Washington | year …

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  • 5Wind tunnel — A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects.Ways that wind speed and flow are measured in wind tunnels: * Threads can be attached to the surface of study objects to… …

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  • 6Mean Power Output — (of a Wind Turbine)   The average power output of a wind energy conversion system at a given mean wind speed based on a Raleigh frequency distribution …

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  • 7Mean power output — (of a wind turbine)   The average power output of a wind energy conversion system at a given mean wind speed based on a Raleigh frequency distribution.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …

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  • 8wind power — /wind/ power derived from wind: used to generate electricity or mechanical power. Also called wind energy. [1900 05] * * * Use of the energy in winds to produce power. Though wind is irregular and spread out, it contains tremendous amounts of… …

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  • 9Speed of sound — Sound is a vibration that travels through an elastic medium as a wave. The speed of sound describes how much distance such a wave travels in a certain amount of time. In SI Units with dry air at 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound is 343 m/s. This… …

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  • 10Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the …

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