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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A significant variation in the speed or velocity of the wind with respect to location or altitude, as in the speed change of a downdraft, or in the directional change of lateral winds along the edge of a thunderstorm.
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- noun meteorology, weather A change of
wind speed ,direction , andmagnitude .
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