Look up: wind

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   WIND
   acronym: weather information display
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   Wind
   Measured in knots and degrees in the direction it is coming FROM. e.g. 270 degrees is a wind going towards the East...
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   [n] - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure 2. [n] - a tendency or force that influences events 3. [n] - empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk 4. [n] - breath 5. [n] - the act of winding or twisting 6. [v] - extend in curves and turns 7. [v] - wrap or coil around 8. [v] - coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
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   Wind
   On some tape machines, the wind control moves the tape to the take-up reel faster than the play mode but slow enough to give the tape a smooth packing onto the reel.
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   Wind
   Air in motion in the atmosphere.
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   wind
   movement of the air horizontally relative to the Earth`s surface; Numerically its velocity is marked by the Beaufort scale Category: Management in the public and private sector • the number of wraps on the take-up package while the traverse operates a full stroke in one direction Category: Various industries and crafts • the action to -- the yarn onto the bobbins in an even...
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   Wind
   Wind transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Wound (wound) (rarely Winded ); present participle & verbal noun Winding .] [ Middle English winden , Anglo-Saxon windan ; akin to Old Saxon windan , D. & German winden , Old High German wintan , Icelandic & Swedish vinda , Danish
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   Wind
   Wind intransitive verb 1. To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole. « So swift your judgments turn and wind .» Dryden. 2. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees. « And where th ...
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   Wind
   Wind noun The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
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    Wind
    Wind (wĭnd, in poetry and singing often wīnd; 277) noun [ Anglo-Saxon wind ; akin to Old Saxon , OFries., D., & German wind , Old High German wint , Dan. & Swedish vind , Icelandic vindr , Goth winds , W. gwynt , Latin ventus , Sanskrit vāta (cf. Greek 'ah`ths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai ...
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    Wind
    Wind transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Winded ; present participle & verbal noun Winding .] 1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. 2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game. 3. (a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertio ...
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    Wind transitive verb [ From Wind , moving air, but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [ imperfect & past participle Wound (wound), R. Winded ; present participle & verbal noun Winding .] To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes. 'Hunters who w ...
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    Wind
    Wind noun (Boxing) The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark. [ Slang or Cant]
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    1. To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole. 'So swift your judgments turn and wind.' (Dryden) ... 2. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees. 'And where the valley winded out below, The murmur ...
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    wind
    winding noun the act of winding or twisting; `he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind`
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    air current 1 current of air noun 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`
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    wind
    jazz 2 nothingness noun empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; `that`s a lot of wind`; `don`t give me any of that jazz`
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    verb wrap or coil around; `roll your hair around your finger`; `Twine the thread around the spool`
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    verb catch the scent of; get wind of; `The dog nosed out the drugs`
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    Wind
    `Wind` is the flow of air. More generally, it is the flow of the gases which compose an atmosphere; since wind is not unique to Earth. Winds are commonly classified by their spatial scale, their speed, the types of forces that cause them, the geographic regions in which they occur, or their effect. There are global winds, such as the wind belts which exist between the atmospheric circulation cells. There are upper-level winds which typically in...
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    WIND
    `WIND` (SOLARWIND) was a NASA spacecraft launched on November 1, 1994. It was deployed to study radio and plasma that occur in solar wind, in the Earth's magnetosphere. The spacecraft's original mission was to orbit the Sun at the L1 Lagrangian point, but this was changed when the SOHO spacecraft was sent to the same location.
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    Wind
    • (n.) The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark. • (n.) Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind. • (v. t.) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. • (v. t.) To perceive or foll...
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    wind
    in climatology, the movement of air relative to the surface of the Earth. Winds play a significant role in determining and controlling climate and ... [43 related articles]
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    Wind
    Air moving horizontally and/or vertically.
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    WIND
    Air that flows in relation to the earth's surface, generally horizontally. There are four areas of wind that are measured: direction, speed, character (gusts and squalls), and shifts. Surface winds are measured by wind vanes and anemometers, while upper level winds are detected through pilot balloons, rawin, or aircraft reports.
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