here are some definitions of wind,
Definitions of wind on the Web:
* air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds ...
* a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"
* weave: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
* breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
* extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
* wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
* empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
* tip: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
* scent: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
* coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
* wind instrument: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
* fart: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
* wreathe: form into a wreath
* the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
* hoist: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
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* WIND (SOLARWIND) was a NASA spacecraft launched in November 1994. It was deployed to study radio and plasma that occur in solar wind, in the Earth's magnetosphere.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIND
* Wind is the rough horizontal movement of air (as opposed to an air current) caused by uneven heating of the Earth's surface. It occurs at all scales, from local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting tens of minutes to global winds resulting from solar heating of the Earth. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind
* WIND-AM "News-Talk 560" is a radio station based in Chicago, Illinois, broadcasting its talk radio format on 560 kHz.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIND (AM)
* Wind is the name of a German musical group that mostly plays schlager music. The band is still active, more than 20 years after its foundation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind (band)
* "WIND" is a JPop song by Japanese singer Kumi Koda. The song appears on Koda's 6th album BEST ~second session~, and it is also the 11th single in the so-called ~12 Single~ Collection. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind (song)
* Wind is a film released in 1992. The movie was directed by Carroll Ballard and starred Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, and Cliff Robertson.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind (film)
* Wind or Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA was established in 1997 and is an Italian telecom operator which offers integrated fixed, mobile and Internet services.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIND (Italy)
* The Wind Tower in Miami, Florida is a skyscraper currently under construction. It is expected to be complete sometime in 2007 and is currently topped out. It is located adjacent to the River Front East complex, on the north bank of the Miami River in downtown. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind (Miami)
* Wind is a song by the Japanese popular music singer Akeboshi. It is considered by many to be his most famous song. The title means "to wind", not wind (movement of air). The song is written in the uncommon 5/8 time measure. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind (Akeboshi)
* Air in motion relative to the surface of the earth. Since vertical components of atmospheric motion are relatively small, especially near the surface of the earth, meteorologists use the term to denote almost exclusively the horizontal component. Vertical winds are usually identified as such. ...
mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/glossary/index.cgi
* Air motion relative to the Earth's surface. Unless otherwise specified, only the horizontal component is considered.
www.ajc.com/news/content/shared/weather/weather_glossary.html
* What is the wind and why is it important? Sunlight striking the earth's surface heats the air above, producing pressure differences. In an attempt to equalize these differences, the atmosphere responds by moving masses of air,which causes the wind. ...
www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/irgrp/defs.html
* Air moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
www.intellicast.com/Help/Glossary.aspx
* NASA satellite for observing the solar wind, located near the Lagrange L1 point. (
pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/wind/)
www.spaceweather.eu/en/glossary/5
* Wind is the movement of atmospheric air on a planet. The wind is caused by the different temperatures (and therefore air pressure differences) around a planet - this is caused by the Sun. ...
www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/glossary/indexw.shtml
* Moving air.
www.teachervision.fen.com/weather/vocabulary/3833.html
* Air in motion relative to the Earth's surface.
www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/WES/glossary.html
* Air in motion parallel to the surface of the ground.
training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS394A/glossary-0306.doc
* Air that flows in relation to the earth's surface, generally horizontally. There are four areas of wind that are measured: direction, speed, character (gusts and squalls), and shifts. ...
www.indiaweather.in/gloss_w.asp
* The High Antarctic Plateau has the cold as its touristic specialty while wind is the bane of the coast (see katabatic).
www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Glossary.html
* A moving mass of air. The movement of the air causes the weather
www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/glossary.html
* The movement and circulation of Earth's atmosphere near its surface; moving air.
www.uwsp.edu/CNR/wcee/keep/Mod1/Unitall/definitions.htm
* The horizontal movement of air in relation to the earth's surface. Wind direction tells where the wind is blowing from. For example, a "north wind" is coming from the north and is blowing towards the south. ...
www.gozoweather.com/glossary.shtml
* The horizontal motion of air caused by the uneven heating of the atmosphere combined with the rotation of the earth.
wilstar.com/skywatch_glossary.htm
* a smooth flowing movement of air that flows horizontally.
library.thinkquest.org/3805/glossary/gloss.htm
* A result due to the differences in air mass pressures (temperature). The wind blows as a result of nature trying to balance the differences. The larger the differences between air masses, the stronger the wind.
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/oakfield/keyterms.htm
* The horizontal flow of air relative to the earth's topography and surface.
www.dnr.state.ak.us/forestry/fire/glossary.htm
* Often used synonymously with spirit and breath, which are denoted by similar or identical words in many languages. ...
www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/wa-x.htm
* The changing of the wind direction, opposite of veering. Clockwise in the southern hemisphere, counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere.
terrax.org/sailing/glossary/gb.aspx
* causes the sudden movement of a condition. Examples are a rash that is spreading, onset of colds, fever, chills, vertigo, spasms or twitches
www.aworldofchinesemedicine.com/chinese-medicine-terms.htm
* Air in motion, important to aviation because it influences flight to a certain degree.
www.pgparks.com/places/historic/cpam/5vocab.html
* The sideways movement of air.
wxlegacy.0catch.com/terms/vocabulary.htm
* The 10-minute average wind speed reported in miles per hour (MPH) for the reporting weather station. This weather factor is the most critical component to fire containment and control. During higher wind speeds, fires are more difficult to control and spot fires occur more readily. ...
fire.lacounty.gov/Forestry/FireWeatherDangerTerms.asp
* On October 19, 1873, an eruption on Mount Rainier released clouds of smoke. Hurricane-force winds battered Western Washington on October 21, 1934, killing 21. ...
www.historylink.org/this_week/thisweek2006/thisweek10_19_2006.cfm
