crosswind
crosswind
Definition
cross·wind (-wind′)
noun
a wind blowing at any angle across the intended line of flight of an aircraft, the course of a ship, etc.
crosswind
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- fly: Options include four levels of difficulty, day or night flying, crosswind and turbulence effects, and cloud.
Adjective modifier
- strong: In my defense, there's quite a strong crosswind in that park.
- stiff: A more unusual display was that of several microlights hacking round the circuit despite the stiff crosswind.
- blustery: Despite a blustery crosswind a fantastic display was flown, earning the Team a round of applause from the crowd.
Modifies a noun
- landing: It's also a crosswind landing for hang gliders.
- component: Drift Degrees Calculates & displays the current amount of drift in degrees due to any crosswind component.
- course: The 4.5m class was the next fleet to take to the water with 2 laps round a crosswind figure-of-8 course.
Noun used with modifier
- land: You can easily abort the turn at any time and land crosswind if you run out of height.
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