wind velocity

wind velocity
The horizontal direction and speed of air motion.

Military dictionary. 2000.

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  • wind velocity — The speed and direction of the wind is called wind velocity. It is expressed in five or six digits the first three indicating the true direction from which the wind is blowing and the last two or three digits indicating the speed in knots. Thus,… …   Aviation dictionary

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  • Wind speed — is the speed of wind, the movement of air or other gases in an atmosphere. It is a scalar quantity, the magnitude of the vector of motion.Wind speed has always meant the movement of air in an outside environment, but the speed of air movement… …   Wikipedia

  • wind shear — /wind/ 1. the rate at which wind velocity changes from point to point in a given direction. 2. a condition, dangerous to aircraft, in which the speed or direction of the wind changes abruptly. Cf. microburst. [1940 45] * * * Rate of change of… …   Universalium

  • Wind shear — Wind shear, sometimes referred to as windshear or wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere. Wind shear can be broken down into vertical and horizontal components, with… …   Wikipedia

  • Wind-powered vehicle — Wind powered vehicles have traditionally been associated with seafaring vehicles that, until the advent of steam engines, relied primarily upon winds which were used to drive the sails of such vehicles to their destinations. In the Western world …   Wikipedia

  • wind shear — wind′ shear [[t]wɪnd[/t]] n. 1) phs mer the rate at which wind velocity changes from point to point in a given direction 2) phs mer aer. aer. a condition, dangerous to aircraft, in which the speed or direction of the wind changes abruptly …   From formal English to slang

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