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  • 11wind*/*/*/ — [wɪnd] noun I 1) [C/U] a natural current of air that moves fast enough for you to feel it A cold wind blew.[/ex] During the night the wind picked up (= got stronger).[/ex] The helicopter can t reach them until the wind drops (= becomes less… …

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  • 12Wind power in South Australia — is a growing industry with 648 megawatts (MW) of operational wind farm capacity and a further 170 MW under construction. [ [http://www.geocities.com/daveclarkecb/Australia/WindSA.html Wind power and wind farms in SA] ] South Australia is well… …

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  • 13wind´row´er — wind|row «WIHND ROH», noun, verb. –n. 1. a row of hay raked together to dry before being made into cocks or heaps. 2. any similar row, as of sheaves of grain, made for the purpose of drying, or a row of dry leaves, dust, or brush, swept together… …

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  • 14wind|row — «WIHND ROH», noun, verb. –n. 1. a row of hay raked together to dry before being made into cocks or heaps. 2. any similar row, as of sheaves of grain, made for the purpose of drying, or a row of dry leaves, dust, or brush, swept together by the… …

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  • 15Wind 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… …

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  • 16Swept wing — A swept wing is a wing planform common on high speed aircraft, with the wing swept back instead of being set at right angles to the fuselage. This is a useful drag reducing measure for aircraft flying just below the speed of sound. Forward sweep… …

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  • 17Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the …

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  • 18Swept — Sweep Sweep, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweeping}.] [OE. swepen; akin to AS. sw[=a]pan. See {Swoop}, v. i.] 1. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for… …

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  • 19Wind in the Willows (1988 film) — Infobox Film name = Wind in the Willows image size = caption = director = producer = Roz Phillips writer = Leonard Lee, Kenneth Grahame (original author) narrator = starring = music = Mark Isaacs cinematography = editing = Peter Jennings,… …

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  • 20Swept Area —   In reference to a wind energy conversion device, the area through which the rotor blades spin, as seen when directly facing the center of the rotor blades …

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