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wind shadow

wind shadow noun: an area which experiences lower winds due to being downwind from an obstacle such as a hill, building, tree line, mountain, wind turbine, etc.

Noun

wind shadow (countable and uncountable, plural wind shadows)

  1. (countable) An area which experiences lower winds due to being downwind from an obstacle such as a hill, building, tree line, mountain, wind turbine, etc.
  2. (uncountable) The phenomenon of lesser wind for this reason.
    • "If you measure behind a wind turbine, the wind is blowing less hard," say Remco Verzijlbergh from Dutch weather service Whiffle. Geography means that this phenomenon, known as wind shadow, benefits Belgian wind farms in the North Sea.2025 June 7, The Australian Weekend Magazine, Australia, page 31, column 3

Forms of wind shadow

pluralwind shadows

Questions about wind shadow

What does wind shadow mean?
Wind shadow means an area which experiences lower winds due to being downwind from an obstacle such as a hill, building, tree line, mountain, wind turbine, etc.
What part of speech is wind shadow?
Wind shadow is a noun.
What is the plural of wind shadow?
The plural of wind shadow is wind shadows.

Words near wind shadow in the dictionary

  1. wind roses
  2. wind scale
  3. wind scales
  4. wind scorpion
  5. wind scorpions
  6. wind shadow
  7. wind shadows
  8. wind shake
  9. wind shear
  10. wind shears
  11. wind shield

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