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☆ ra·win (rā′win)

noun

  1. a method of observing upper-air currents, using signals from a specially designed balloon equipped with radar or a radio-direction finder
  2. the winds so observed

Etymology: < ra(dio) win(d)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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