Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wind blowing at right angles to a given direction, as to an aircraft's line of flight.
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- noun A
wind blowingperpendicular to a line oftravel
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- noun wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
Etymologies
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Examples
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If the crosswind is coming from the other side — meaning your rod arm is already downwind of your body — then you're home free.
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Actually a crosswind, which is maybe worse on a bike on a busy road.
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HARRISON: The B-52 has a thing called crosswind gear on it.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE PASSENGER: The plane kind of crosswind or something.
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The plant is proposed 20 miles "crosswind" from where Larson lives, but he said he is neutral on the issue.
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The everpresent crosswind was about 20 mph and my friends were blazing away at this deer who never moved.
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Place them in a tree fork crosswind to your stand area.
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One safety expert, who refused to be identified, said the crew was lucky to eventually regain control given the stiff crosswind and slick runway surface.
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The everpresent crosswind was about 20 mph and my friends were blazing away at this deer who never moved.
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Place them in a tree fork crosswind to your stand area.
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