south-easterly /saυθ ist.li/ adjective 1. blowing from or coming from the south-east . a south-easterly wind 2. moving towards the south-east
. We were following a south-easterly direction.
south-eastern /saυθ ist.n/ adjec-tive referring to or situated in the south-east . the south-eastern coast of Spain
southerly /se.li/ adjective 1. situ-
ated towards the south . the most south-erly point of a country 2. coming from the south . A southerly wind was blow-ing. 3. moving to or towards the south . We were flying in a southerly direction.
. noun a wind which blows from the
south southern /se(.)n/ adjective situ-ated in the south . the southern hemi-sphere . the southern Atlantic
southern hemisphere /se(.)n
hem.sf../ noun the area of the Earth to the south of the equator
South Pole /saυθ p.υl/ noun the
point which is furthest south on the earth . to fly over the South Pole
southward /saυθw.d/ adjective
going towards the south . to go in a southward direction . adverb US same as southwards
southwards /saυθw.dz/ adverb
towards the south . The aircraft was fly-ing southwards.
south-west /saυθ west/ noun the
direction between south and west . a region in the south-west of France .
adjective 1. situated in the south-west . the south-west tip of England 2. blow-ing from or coming from the south-west
south-westerly 214
. adverb towards the south-west . We
were heading south-west.
south-westerly /saυθ west.li/ adjective 1. blowing from or coming from the south-west . a south-westerly wind 2. moving towards the south-west
. We were following a south-westerly direction.
south-western /saυθ west.n/
adjective referring to or situated in the south-west . The south-western corner of England includes Cornwall and Devon.
south wind /saυθ w.nd/ noun a
wind blowing from or coming from the south (NOTE: A wind is named after the direction it comes from.)
space /spe.s/ noun 1. an empty area .
A major problem with fuel storage is finding space within the airframe. 2. the physical universe outside the Earth’s atmosphere . VHF (very high fre-quency) waves tend to pass through the layers of the ionosphere into space.
span /spn/ noun the distance
between two points spar /spɑ/ noun the main longitudinal beam of an aircraft wing . Designing a wing skin, a rib or a spar as a single big item rather than assembling it from many smaller components minimises the number of structural parts.
spark /spɑk/ noun a light produced by a sudden electrical discharge . verb to suddenly start a process or action .
Crew must quickly establish control to ensure panic does not spark a prema-ture evacuation.
spark plug /spɑk pl/, sparking plug /spɑk.. pl/ noun a device screwed into each cylinder head in spark ignition engines, which initiates fuel combustion by an electric spark. . air gap. Also called sparking plug
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