Wind
Of weather. May also be referred to as air current and current of air.
Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere".
This concept's ID is @1~58168
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- air
A mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists...
- air
A slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could...
- gale
A strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale.
- prevailing wind
The predominant wind direction; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest".
- blast
A strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust".
- north wind
A wind that blows from the north.
- draft
A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle).
- airstream
A relatively well-defined prevailing wind.
- east wind
A wind from the east.
- squall
Sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation.
- west wind
Wind that blows from west to east.
- calm
Wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale.
- simoom
A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
- thermal
Rising current of warm air.
- doldrums
A belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic...
- monsoon
A seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and...
- northwest wind
A wind from the northwest.
- monsoon
Any wind that changes direction with the seasons.
- sou'wester
A strong wind from the southwest.
- southeaster
A strong wind from the southeast.
- chinook
A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies.
- harmattan
A dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the...
- south wind
A wind from the south.
- crosswind
Wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft.
- fohn
A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
- khamsin
An oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the sprin...
- Santa Ana
A strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward...
- high wind
A very strong wind; "rain and high winds covered the region".
- headwind
Wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft.
- katabatic wind
A wind caused by the downward motion of cold air.
- tailwind
Wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft.