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upwind::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | leeward |
upwind::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | against the wind, into the wind |
they flew upwind.
upwind::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | weather |
Examples of upwind
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We were going well but slipped a few places in the second upwind finishing 11th.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
Another possible source was the burning of forests and grasses upwind in Africa.
From the sciencedaily.com
Is it a cloud or is it blowing snow lifted from the upwind side of the mountain?
From the usatoday.com
Racing dinghies usually have a daggerboard or centreboard to better sail upwind.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The contest requires them to navigate upwind, downwind and everything in between.
From the sciencedaily.com
Ericsson 4 then grabbed the lead on the upwind leg back towards the shoreline.
From the foxbusiness.com
The other three turtles were released 50 kilometres upwind, to the south-east.
From the newscientist.com
Barker said that the lack of Macfarlane's 100kg was sorely felt on the upwind leg.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The rest of the G7 crew might want to stand upwind of him when they meet next week.
From the independent.co.uk
- Leeward: toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward"
- Towards the side exposed to wind
- In the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind"
- Leeward is the direction downwind from the point of reference. The side of a ship that is towards the leeward is its lee side. If the vessel is heeling under the pressure of the wind, this will be the "lower side".
- (Upwinding) In computational fluid dynamics, upwind schemes denote a class of numerical discretization methods for solving hyperbolic partial differential equations. ...
- In relation to a wind turbine, toward the wind. An upwind turbine has its blades on the upwind side of the tower.
- Sailing upwind of a vessel means sailing to windward of it. (See also Windward.)
- All of the area and sailing courses that are windward of the centerline.
- Means the dog is facing into the wind so that the dog can acquire the sent of the bird.
