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cross·wind

(krôs′wĭnd′, krŏs′-)

A wind blowing at right angles to a given direction, as to an aircraft's line of flight.

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crosswind

(ˈkrɒsˌwɪnd)

(Navigation) a wind that blows at right angles to the direction of travel

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crosswind - wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft

air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

Translations

vento di traverso

crosswind

[ˈkrɒswɪnd] N → viento m de costado

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crosswind

[ˈkrɒswɪnd] n → vent m de travers

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crosswind

[ˈkrɒsˌwɪnd] n → vento di traverso

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