headwind's Usage Examples:

while a headwind has the opposite effect.

In aeronautics, a headwind is favorable in takeoffs and landings because an airfoil moving into a headwind is capable.

headwind subtracts from the ground speed, while a tailwind adds to it.

Winds at other angles to the heading will have components of either headwind or.

complicated by bad weather, and when faced with choppy water, a strong headwind and horizontal, driving rain, the Cambridge boat, which lacked splashboards.

machine briefly became airborne due mostly to the fact it had a favorable headwind.

component; that is, the force can be separated into two vector components: the headwind or tailwind component in the direction of motion, the crosswind component.

had previously tried to swim from Oahu to Molokai but failed due to the headwind, current, and waves.

4 meters per second headwind in the heats, which placed her 46th overall and did not advance her to.

9 seconds running into a headwind of 7.

prone position, rather than upright, to reduce the frontal area exposed to headwind.

09 into a slight headwind in Kawasaki in May 2015, performing well enough to represent Japan in the.

2 seconds running into a headwind of 5.

on the Oude Kwaremont, but the race came back together due to a strong headwind.

Test pilots use crosswind and headwind component charts to calculate the headwind and crosswind component for any given wind direction.

6 mph) headwind.

2 m/s headwind.

3 m/s headwind, an attempt that was enough.

60 into a strong headwind, the number one qualifier from the preliminary round of the 100 m.

Synonyms:

air current; current of air; wind;

Antonyms:

lower; stay in place; uncoil; unwind;