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wind-driven

wind-driven adjective: occurring with the presence of a wind, although a rotary wind-driven ventilator on a vehicle can also be activated by movement of the vehicle.

Adjective

wind-driven (not comparable)

  1. Occurring with the presence of a wind, although a rotary wind-driven ventilator on a vehicle can also be activated by movement of the vehicle.
    • The air is circulated—up from the floor and down again through the ice-bunkers, by revolving fans connected with wind-driven rotors on the roofs.1961 November, Hamilton Ellis, “The Eastern Region helps the frozen foods boom”, in Trains Illustrated, page 683

Questions about wind-driven

What does wind-driven mean?
Wind-driven means occurring with the presence of a wind, although a rotary wind-driven ventilator on a vehicle can also be activated by movement of the vehicle.
What part of speech is wind-driven?
Wind-driven is an adjective.

Words near wind-driven in the dictionary

  1. wind-chill
  2. wind-cloud
  3. wind-clouds
  4. wind-dried
  5. wind-dries
  6. wind-driven
  7. wind-dry
  8. wind-drying
  9. wind-egg
  10. wind-eggs
  11. wind-grass

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