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wind shadows

wind shadows is the plural of wind shadow.

Meaning of wind shadow

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

Questions about wind shadows

What is wind shadows the plural of?
Wind shadows is the plural of wind shadow.

Words near wind shadows in the dictionary

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

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