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• effective wind — A calculated wind equal in speed and direction to the average of any number of varying actual winds. It is used especially in sound ranging and weather observations …   Aviation dictionary

• wind instrument — /wind/ a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. [1575 85] * * * ▪ music Introduction       any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the… …   Universalium

• wind power — /wind/ power derived from wind: used to generate electricity or mechanical power. Also called wind energy. [1900 05] * * * Use of the energy in winds to produce power. Though wind is irregular and spread out, it contains tremendous amounts of… …   Universalium

• Wind turbine — Offshore wind farm using 5MW turbines REpower 5M in the North Sea off Belgium This article discusses wind powered electrical generators. See windmill for wind powered machinery used to grind grain or pump water. A wind turbine is a device that… …   Wikipedia

• Wind instrument — A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the… …   Wikipedia

• Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the …   Wikipedia

• Wind tunnel — A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects.Ways that wind speed and flow are measured in wind tunnels: * Threads can be attached to the surface of study objects to… …   Wikipedia

• WIND (AM) — infobox Radio Station name= WIND first airdate = 1927 frequency= 560 (kHz) area = Chicago, Illinois format = News/Talk owner = Salem Communications power = 5,000 watts erp = branding= News Talk 560 slogan= Where Your Opinion Counts class= B… …   Wikipedia

• Wind power in Germany — Germany is the world’s largest user of wind power with an installed capacity of 22,3 GW in 2007, ahead of USA which had an installed capacity of 16,8 GW. [cite web | title = Global wind 2007 report | publisher = Global Wind Energy Council | date …   Wikipedia

• effective — adj. 1 producing the result you want VERBS ▪ be, look, prove, seem ▪ make sth ▪ find sth ▪ We find advertising on the radio very effectiv …   Collocations dictionary

• Darrieus wind turbine — Fig. 1: A Darrieus wind turbine once used to generate electricity on the Magdalen Islands The Darrieus wind turbine is a type of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) used to generate electricity from the energy carried in the wind. The turbine… …   Wikipedia