wind-object

‘wind,ebd3rkt n. an ebject designed to act 1n or against the wind; an aerofezl or the like. wind-pocket ‘wind,pekit n. a pecket or receptacle rn a kite or aeroplane, designed to catch the wind or air and aid in preserving the equilibrium of the craft; a small windbag. wind-pre ure ‘wind,pse§oz n. the pre ure of the wind upon any ebject in its path. coefficient of wind-pre ure, the coefficient or numerscal constant used as a mesure of the pre ure of the wind against a stationary ebject, or of the resistance of the air to a moving ebject. wind-pulsation ‘wind-pai,sce-San n. a pulsation, throb, or beat of the wind; the pulsation or threbbrng of the wind, a wind-pulse: as, harmonic *wind-pulsation. wind-pulse ‘wind,pais n. a pulse or throb of the wind; a wind-pulsation. wind-rate ‘wind,zeet n. the rate of wind-movement; the comparativ degree of rapidity of a wind; wind-vele city; wind-speed. wind-record ‘wind,zekazd. a record of wind veleczties or directions, as by an anemograf; an anemogram. wind-register ‘wind,zed3i-sta ». an instrument for regzsterrng or recording the direction and force of the wind; an anemograf. wind-river ‘wind,iva n. a river or defirnztly defined current of wind; a long, ‘stedy atmosferzc stream or current flowing between certain points: as, the mighty *w1ndzriver formd by the Rhine valley. wind-rose ‘wind,zooz n. a table, diagram, or grafize device of radial or roset tec like form 3indicating the relatrv frequency of winds blowing from different points of the compa or the relatrv amount of total wind-movement in each dsrection; a wind-star; also, a similar table or diagram showzrng the connection between the wind-direction and any other wether-condition, as cloudine , rainfall, or temperature. baric wind-rose, a wind-rose whose radii are proportional to, or show, for a given place, the average barometgzrc pre ure of the atmosfere durrng the prevalence of wind from each point of the compa ; a barometric wind-rose. barometric wind-rose, same meaning as baric wind-rose. humidity wind-rose, a wind-rose whose radii are proportional to, or show, for a gtven place, the average relativ or absolute humidity or the relatrv dewzpernt of the atmosfere during the prevalence of wind from each point of the compa . hyetal wind-rose, same meaning as rain wind-rose. rain wind-rose, a wind-rose whose radii are proportional to, or show, for a given place, the average rainfall during the prevalence of wind from each point of the compa ; a hyetal wi1ndzrose. temperature wind-rose, a wind-rose whose radii are proportional to, or show, for a given place, the average temperature during the prevalence of wind from each point of the compa .