crosswind
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- noun
- /ˈkrɔːsˌwɪnd/
- Specialized
:
viento cruzado
- The airplane struggled to maintain its course because of the unexpected crosswind during landing.
- mph crosswinds
- strong crosswinds
- Crosswinds buffeted
Examples
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That's a stiff crosswind.
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On Canso Causeway (the world's deepest), strong crosswinds welcomed me to Cape Breton.
Blog text (26) -
There is no crosswind here.
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Uh, let's see, I got a 8 knot crosswind coming from the right.
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Now I'm gonna prepare you for a crosswind landing.
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There was six knots of crosswind out there, huh?
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Crosswind on our right, 14 knots.
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Mach .75 Entering a crosswind leg.
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As I flew the downwind leg, turned to crosswind, and into final approach, I reviewed landing procedures.
Fiction book (1994) -
Today's launch was cancelled—crosswinds above the runway were clocked at more than 10 feet per second above the highest allowable speed.
Fiction book (1998)
How Windward
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crosswind comes from the two simple words cross and wind. Cross means 'across' or 'sideways', like in crossroad, so a crosswind is a wind that blows across your path or at an angle to where you are going, which is why it can push a car, boat, or airplane sideways.