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tilt
(redirected from Tilting at Windmills)

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tilt
(esp in medieval Europe)
a. a jousting contest
b. a thrust with a lance or pole delivered during a tournament

tilt [tilt]
(aerospace engineering)
The inclination of an aircraft, winged missile, or the like from the horizontal, measured by reference to the lateral axis or to the longitudinal axis.
(electromagnetism)
Angle which an antenna forms with the horizontal.
In radar, the angle between the axis of radiation in the vertical plane and a reference axis which is normally the horizontal.
(meteorology)
The inclination to the vertical of a significant feature of the circulation (or pressure) pattern or of the field of temperature or moisture; for example, troughs in the westerlies usually display a westward tilt with altitude in the lower and middle troposphere.
(optics)
The angle between the plane of a photograph from a downward-pointing camera and the horizontal plane.


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Cervantes must have had a premonition of our 21st century when writing about Don Quixote tilting at windmills, but it will take more than one errant knight to save our ancient green and pleasant lands.
Wright backers will take the 5-1 about an upset, but they may be tilting at windmills.
Byline: J G WHITEHOUSE AT last, after 25 years of tilting at windmills in my quest to convince the smoking populace that tobacco is categorically bad for your health, the awful cigarette is soon to be stubbed out.
 
 
 
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