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Crosswind

//ˈkɹɑːs.wɪnd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A wind blowing across a line of travel, especially perpendicularly.

    "Correlation of the DFDR and CVR recordings disclosed that the flightcrew had set the flaps and stabilizer trim at 10° and about 5° aircraft noseup, respectively, for takeoff. A rolling takeoff was made, takeoff thrust was stabilized at 80 KIAS, and left rudder and right aileron were used to compensate for the right crosswind. The V₁ and V_R callouts were made about 2 sec after these speeds were recorded by the DFDR."

  2. 2
    wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft wordnet

Etymology

From cross- + wind.

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