wind speed
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwindandspeed
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wind
noun
uk/wɪnd/us/wɪnd/
a current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to ...
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speed
noun
uk/spiːd/us/spiːd/
how fast ...
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Temperature,windspeed, relative humidity and rainfall were recorded.
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Consequently, the effects of height andwindspeedinteracted.
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For eachwindspeed, the following procedure was followed.
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Intuitively, in our yacht-design problem this method chooses a yacht designed for a course andwindspeedmost similar to the new course andwindspeed.
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The effects of moonlight illuminance, temperature andwindspeedon light-trap catches of moths.
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Contrastingly, wind dispersal depends onwindspeed, which is modified by vegetation structure and density.
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Thewindspeeddecreased slightly above 3 mm, whereas it increased very close to the surface.
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As is common in montane forests, thewindspeedwas high at the study site.
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Around mid-day thewindspeedincreased and was much more westerly.
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These cover a wide range of height,windspeed, and thermal stratification.
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As pa increases, thewindspeedoutside the front also increases.
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This suggests thatwindspeedand height strongly influence the fruit dispersal of wind-dispersed species.
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We then decided to map the totalwindspeedto the amplitude of the sound.
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The porosity in-uenced drag andwindspeedleeward of the windbreaks drastically.
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Awindspeedof at least 15 knots (kt) blowing nearly at right angles to the ridge (within 30x).
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In general, low prevalences of dirofilariasis were found in areas with high altitude or highwindspeed.
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Although the overall wind speeds varied with elevation levels, we decided to use global scaling forwindspeed.
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Seasonal and non-seasonal changes inwindspeedand direction cause the seasonal and non-seasonal changes, respectively.
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