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 Definitions of headwind  [ˈhɛdˌwɪnd]  

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Definition of 'headwind' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) headwind
a wind opposed to the course of a moving object, esp. an aircraft or other vehicle

Etymology:  (1780–90)

Definition of 'headwind' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) headwind
wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft


Translation of 'headwind' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a wind which is blowing towards one.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: teenwind Arabic flag Arabic: ريح في إتجاه الشَّخْص Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: насрещеи вятър
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vento de proa Czech flag Czech: protivítr German flag German: der Gegenwind
Danish flag Danish: modvind Greek flag Greek: αντίθετος άνεμος Spanish flag Spanish: viento de frente
Estonian flag Estonian: vastutuul Farsi flag Farsi: بادمخالف Finnish flag Finnish: vastatuuli
French flag French: vent contraire Hebrew flag Hebrew: רוּח נֶגדִית Hindi flag Hindi: प्रतिवात
Croatian flag Croatian: vjetar u lice Hungarian flag Hungarian: ellenszél Indonesian flag Indonesian: angin dari depan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mótvindur Italian flag Italian: vento contrario Japanese flag Japanese: 向かい風
Korean flag Korean: (배, 비행기 등의 앞에서 불어오는) 역풍(逆 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: priešpriešinis vėjas Latvian flag Latvian: pretvējš
Malay flag Malay: angin dr depan Dutch flag Dutch: wind van voren Norwegian flag Norwegian: motvind
Polish flag Polish: wiatr z przodu Persian flag Persian: بادمخالف Pashto flag Pashto: مخالفه باد
Portuguese flag Portuguese: vento de proa Romanian flag Romanian: vânt din faţă Russian flag Russian: встречный ветер
Slovak flag Slovak: predný vietor, protivieto Slovenian flag Slovenian: protiveter, veter v obraz Serbian flag Serbian: čeoni vetar
Swedish flag Swedish: motvind Thai flag Thai: ลมปะทะ Turkish flag Turkish: baş rüzgârı, pruva rüzgâr
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 逆風 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: стрічний, супротивний Urdu flag Urdu: عین سامنے سے آنے والی ہوا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: gió ngược Chinese flag Chinese: 逆风

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