- upwind
- adverb or adjective Date: 1838 in the direction from which the wind is blowing
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upwind
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Upwind — Up*wind , v. t. To wind up. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
upwind — up wind , a. being or moving in the direction from which the wind is blowing. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
upwind — 1838, from UP (Cf. up ) + WIND (Cf. wind). Originally a nautical term … Etymology dictionary
upwind — ► ADVERB & ADJECTIVE ▪ into the wind … English terms dictionary
upwind — [up′wind′] adv., adj. in the direction from which the wind is blowing or usually blows … English World dictionary
upwind — [[t]ʌ̱pwɪ̱nd[/t]] ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, oft ADV of n If something moves upwind, it moves in the opposite direction to the wind. If something is upwind, the wind is blowing away from it. ...riding a bike upwind... The rich went to live in the… … English dictionary
upwind — adv., adj. /up wind /; n. /up wind /, adv. 1. toward or against the wind or the direction from which it is blowing: The hunters stalked upwind. adj. 2. moving or situated toward or in the direction from which the wind is blowing: an upwind leap;… … Universalium
upwind — adverb /ʌpˈwɪnd / (say up wind) 1. against the wind; contrary to the course of the wind. 2. towards or in the direction from which the wind is blowing: he was standing upwind of us and could be heard clearly. –adjective /ˈʌpwɪnd / (say upwind) 3 …
Upwind scheme — In computational fluid dynamics, the upwind schemes are any of a class of discretization methods to solve hyperbolic partial differential equations numerically. The wave equation, the advection equation, the Euler equations in fluid dynamics, etc … Wikipedia
upwind — 1. adjective exposed to the wind 2. adverb in the direction from which the wind is blowing Ant: downwind … Wiktionary
