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wind rose [′win ‚drōz] (meteorology) A diagram in which statistical information concerning direction and speed of the wind at a location may be summarized; a line segment is drawn in each of perhaps eight compass directions from a common origin; the length of a particular segment is proportional to the frequency with which winds blow from that direction; thicknesses of a segment indicate frequencies of occurrence of various classes of wind speed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And so it was that when the first fair wind rose he embarked upon his cruise, and with him he took as strange and fearsome a crew as ever sailed under a savage master. As suddenly as the wind rose it died again, and when it died it veered to blow at right angles to its former course in a gentle breeze. Toward six o'clock the wind rose and tugged at the tarpaulin and brought the swell higher. |
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