windsock
IPA: wˈɪnsʌk
noun
- (aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
wind sock
IPA: wˈaɪndsˈɑk
noun
- Alternative form of windsock [(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.]
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Examples of "windsock" in Sentences
Examples of "wind-sock" in Sentences
- 'wind-sock' effect during deployment, thus enabling the physician to avoid slowing or stopping of the heart.
- The articles suggest that public sentiment is shifting in the wind; suddenly a wind-sock in the Gulf of Mexico is blowing the horrifyingly wrong direction.
- AkauTangi consists of 11 stripe-painted steel poles, each supporting a conical-shaped, colour-co-ordinated, kinetic element which positions itself according to the prevailing wind direction, like an airport wind-sock.
- By leveraging some innovative DSP techniques and Jawbone's proprietary Voice Activity Sensor (VAS) to reconstruct the missing speech Aliph has implemented a wind solution that maintains award-winning design without having to apply a visually disruptive wind-sock or baffle to physically block the wind.
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