crosswind

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cross·wind

C0767300 (krôs′wĭnd′, krŏs′-)n. A wind blowing at right angles to a given direction, as to an aircraft's line of flight.

crosswind

(ˈkrɒsˌwɪnd) n (Navigation) a wind that blows at right angles to the direction of travel

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Noun

crosswind - wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraftair current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

Translations

vento di traverso

crosswind

enUK

crosswind

[′krȯs‚wind] (meteorology) A wind which has a component directed perpendicularly to the course (or heading) of an exposed, moving object.

crosswind

i. A wind blowing at an angle to the course or to the runway direction.
ii. In the case of an airfield circuit, it refers to a path that is 90° to the takeoff and landing direction. The one that is 90° after takeoff is called the first crosswind, and the one 90° to the landing direction is called the base leg, or final crosswind.

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crosswind

enUK

noun

Words related to crosswind

noun wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft

Related Words

air current
current of air
wind

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