crosswind

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substratebor.?
Proto-Italic *kruk(i)s
Latin cruxbor.
Old Irish crosbor.
Old Norse krossbor.
Old English cros
Middle English cross
Middle English cros-
English cross-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts
Proto-Germanic *windaz
Proto-West Germanic *wind
Old English wind
Middle English wynd
English wind
English crosswind

    From cross- + wind.

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    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɑːs.wɪnd/
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    Noun

    crosswind (plural crosswinds)

    1. A wind blowing across a line of travel, especially perpendicularly.
      • 1979 December 21, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.11 Flight Recorders”, in Aircraft Accident Report: American Airlines, Inc., DC-10-10, N110AA, Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, May 25, 1979‎[1], archived from the original on 17 August 2022, page 4:
        Correlation of the DFDR and CVR recordings disclosed that the flightcrew had set the flaps and stabilizer trim at 10° and about 5° aircraft noseup, respectively, for takeoff. A rolling takeoff was made, takeoff thrust was stabilized at 80 KIAS, and left rudder and right aileron were used to compensate for the right crosswind. The V1 and VR callouts were made about 2 sec after these speeds were recorded by the DFDR.
      • 2005 November 27, Sewell Chan, “Site of Balloon Accident Is Known for Its Crosswinds”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 November 2022:
        As part of its application, Macy's submitted "balloon control plans" describing how handlers, under the direction of a "pilot," were to navigate through intersections, where crosswinds can destabilize the balloons.
      • 2026 March 7, Sthitapragta Chakraborty, “America Once Built Giant Arrows to Guide Pilots Across the Country, and Some Still Exist Today”, in Skip Boring‎[3], archived from the original on 24 July 2026:
        Further, a compass could only tell a pilot which direction the aircraft was pointing, but it didn’t exactly account for crosswinds that slowly pushed the aircraft sideways. A plane might appear to be flying directly west while actually drifting several miles off course.

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