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Definitions for leeward
ˈli wərd; Naut. ˈlu ərdlee·ward
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Princeton's WordNet
leewardnoun
the direction in which the wind is blowing
lee, lee side, leewardadjective
the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
leewardadverb
on the side away from the wind
"on the leeward side of the island"
leeward, upwindadverb
toward the wind
"they were sailing leeward"
Wiktionary
leewardadjective
Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing. Downwind.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Leewardadjective
Etymology: lee and weard , Saxon.
The classicæ were called long ships, the onerariæ round, because of their figure approaching towards circular: this figure, though proper for the stowage of goods, was not the fittest for sailing, because of the great quantity of leeward way, except when they sailed full before the wind. Arbuth.
Let no statesman dare,
A kingdom to a ship compare;
Lest he should call our commonweal
A vessel with a double keel;
Which just like ours, new rigg’d and man’d,
And got about a league from land,
By change of wind to leeward side,
The pilot knew not how to guide. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
leeward
Windward () and leeward () are terms used to describe the direction of the wind. Windward is upwind from the point of reference, i.e. towards the direction from which the wind is coming; leeward is downwind from the point of reference, i.e. along the direction towards which the wind is going. The side of a ship that is towards the leeward is its "lee side". If the vessel is heeling under the pressure of crosswind, the lee side will be the "lower side". During the Age of Sail, the term weather was used as a synonym for windward in some contexts, as in the weather gage. Because it captures rain, the windward side of a mountain tends to be wet compared to the leeward it blocks.
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leeward
Leeward refers to the side that is sheltered or downwind, opposite to the side facing the wind (windward). It is commonly used in meteorology, sailing, aviation, and other fields relating to weather and navigation. It can also refer to a geographical location or region that is protected from the prevailing winds.
Webster Dictionary
Leewardadjective
pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship
Leewardnoun
the lee side; the lee
Leewardadverb
toward the lee
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
leeward
The lee-side. (See LEE.) The opposite of lee is weather, and of leeward, windward.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of leeward in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of leeward in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of leeward in a Sentence
There's going to be a good deal of moisture advection by Hurricane Hurricane Florence, towards the Appalachians. This will encourage upsloping on the leeward side of the Appalachians, which can produce very heavy precipitation through mesoscale climate interactions.
The disturbance with the greatest chance for development in the next couple of days is the one approaching the Leeward Islands.
We are expecting very rough and dangerous surf along with damaging tropical-storm-force and hurricane-force winds over the northern Leeward Islands, and tropical-storm-force winds over the southern Leewards to perhaps the northern Windward Islands, mostly in gusts.
In August, the typical origin point for a tropical system to form is near the Leeward and Windward islands in the Caribbean, where Fred formed and where Grace is likely to form, by September, when peak hurricane season is, this origin area greatly expands to include much of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the western Atlantic as tropical waves track west off the coast of Africa.
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- المواجه للريحArabic
- sotaventCatalan, Valencian
- leewardDanish
- leewärtsGerman
- υπήνεμος, υπηνέμωςGreek
- sotaventoSpanish
- suojanpuoleinenFinnish
- côté sous le ventFrench
- leewardIrish
- हवा काHindi
- հողմահակառակArmenian
- sottoventoItalian
- צַד הַמוּגָן מִן הַרוּחַHebrew
- 風下Japanese
- ಲೆವಾರ್ಡ್Kannada
- leewardLatin
- lijzijds, lijwaarts, benedenwinds, lijzijdeDutch
- leewardNorwegian
- sotaventoPortuguese
- ветер, подветренный, поRussian
- läSwedish
- rüzgâraltıTurkish
- підвітряне повітряUkrainian
- לעעוואַרדYiddish
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