lee side in English

noun

leeward, side protected from the wind, side opposite the wind (Nautical)

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1. But on lee-side slopes, beneath the snow, new lives are beginning.

2. Backwind definition, to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail) from another sail

3. Backwind definition, to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail) from another sail

4. Jet streams appeared to form more frequently on the lee side than over mountain ranges.

5. The dunes derive from sand accumulations bordering the lee side of sand sources such as playas and alluvial plains.

6. Backwind definition: to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail ) from another sail Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

7. If there was a cool breeze I would sometimes find them squatting on the lee side of a dry-stone wall.

8. The beach sediments that are moving by lateral transport on the lee side of the island will accumulate there, conforming to the shape of the wave pattern.

9. 10 And there are only countable papers including detailed analysis about flow over an barchan dune, such as flow acceleration up the stoss slope and what influences separation length in the lee side.

10. Austintatious is equipped with the twin steering wheels of a modern ocean racer, allowing the helmsman to steer from the lee side of the cockpit with a clear view of the set of the headsails

11. Cross-Bedded sediments are recognized in the field by the many layers of "foresets", which are the series of layers that form on the downstream or lee side of the bedform (ripple or dune)

12. It can be formed either as a result of the adiabatic compression of sinking air on the lee side of a mountain range, or through cyclogenesis resulting from "the horizontal convergence associated with vertical stretching of air columns passing over the ridge and descending the lee slope."

13. I step back on the board and try again: this time, I do release my hand “all the way” by opening my palm and moving it away from the boom, and the Backwinded sail effortlessly swings around in the fresh breeze as I step back into a perfect clew-first stance: my first successful lee-side escape! A few more tries and I got the heli-tack nailed.