CROSSWIND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crosswind mean? 

• CROSSWIND (noun)
  The noun CROSSWIND has 1 sense:

1. wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft

  Familiarity information: CROSSWIND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSSWIND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("crosswind" is a kind of...):

air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)

 Context examples 

The researchers found that lovebirds navigate by stabilizing and fixating their gaze on the goal, while yawing their bodies into a crosswind.

(Scientists discover how birds navigate crosswinds, National Science Foundation)

To understand how, Stanford University mechanical engineer David Lentink and colleagues studied lovebirds flying in a crosswind tunnel that features customizable wind and light settings.

(Scientists discover how birds navigate crosswinds, National Science Foundation)