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Words related to wind

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  • windward

    toward the wind; toward the point from which the wind blows.

  • windsock

    a tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends and having at the larger end a fixed ring pivoted to swing freely, installed at airports or elsewhere to indicate wind direction and approximate intensity.

  • backwind

    to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail) from another sail.

  • canyon wind

    a nocturnal, down-canyon flow of air caused by the cooling of the canyon walls. Compare valley wind.

  • fall wind

    a strong, cold, downhill wind.

  • gradient wind

    a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
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