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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A wind with a speed of from 1 to 3 knots (1.15 to 3.5 miles per hour; 1.9 to 5.6 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.

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  • noun meteorology, nautical A light wind with wind speed between 0,3 and 1,5 m/s; a Force 1 wind strength on the Beaufort scale.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 on the Beaufort scale

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