headwind (redirected from headwinds)

head·wind or head wind  (hdwnd)

n.

A wind blowing directly against the course of an aircraft or ship.

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headwind

Noun

a wind blowing directly against the course of an aircraft or ship

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headwind or head wind  (hdwnd)

A wind blowing directly against the course of a moving object, especially an aircraft or ship.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

headwind - wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

Translations

headwind [ˈhɛdwɪnd] n → viento contrario

headwind [ˈhɛdwɪnd] n → vent m contraire

headwind [ˈhɛdwɪnd] head n → Gegenwind m

headwind [ˈhɛdwɪnd] n → controvento