crosswind

Other forms: crosswinds

Definitions of crosswind
  1. noun
    wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
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    type of:
    air current, current, current of air, wind
    air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
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