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ˈcross-wind
A wind which blows across the direct course; a contrary wind. Also fig. (In earlier uses, properly a simple use of cross a. 1 c and wind n.1, but now commonly treated as a single word.)
1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 25 Does the captain think..because we have met with cross winds, we must never meet with fair ones? 1678R. L'Estrange Seneca's Mor. (1702) 498 Scipio by a Cross Wind, being forc'd into the Power of his Enemies. 1920L. Bairstow Appl. Aerodynamics iv. 141 Cross-wind force, the component perpendicular to the lift and to the drag of the total air force on an aircraft or any part thereof. 1935Discovery Feb. 42/2 It now appears doubtful as to whether stabilising fins..are not a disadvantage, as presenting a greater surface to a cross-wind. 1959Manch. Guardian 14 July 7/2 The pilot..used a cross-wind to lift the right wing. |