wide-body /wa.d b.di/ adjective
referring to a jet aircraft with a body wide enough to have three sets of pas-senger seats in a row across the width of the plane, with spaces on each side of the middle set
wide-cut fuel /wa.d kt fju.l/
noun a general term for aviation turbine fuels made up of a wider variety of petroleum products than kerosene-type fuels . Kerosene has a low vapour pres-sure and boils only at very high alti-tudes or high temperatures, whereas a wide-cut fuel will boil at a much lower altitude.
widespread /wa.dspred/ adjective
found or distributed across a large area
. The storm caused widespread dam-age. . widespread precipitation rain-fall or snowfall covering a large area
width /w.dθ/ noun the distance of something measured from side to side, compared to length . The polar front jet
wind 252
stream may have a width of up to 200
nm (nautical miles). . wide wind1 /w.nd/ noun horizontal move-ment of air in relation to the Earth’s sur-face
wind2 /wa.nd/ verb to move in a curv-ing or twisting manner . If a wire is wound as a coil, the field will be like that of a bar magnet. (NOTE: winding – wound)
windblast /w.ndblɑst/ noun the
harmful effect of air flow on a pilot who has ejected from an aircraft travelling at high speed
wind cone /w.nd k.υn/ noun same as windsock wind currents /w.nd kr.nts/ plu-
ral noun the movement of air in a partic-ular direction through a mass of air which is not moving so much
wind direction /w.nd da.rek..n/
noun a description of where the wind is blowing from, given as north, south, east, west, etc., or a number of degrees,
e.g. a wind coming from the west would be a wind direction of 270° . Wind direction and speed only affect the movement of the aircraft over the ground.
wind gradient /w.nd re.di.nt/
noun the rate of increase of wind strength with unit increase in height above ground level . After take-off, as the aircraft gains altitude, the ground speed may be affected by the wind gra-dient.
winding /wa.nd../ noun a series of 360° turns of wire . The voltage in each winding is directly proportional to the number of turns in each winding.
windmill /w.ndm.l/ verb to turn round by wind force only without engine power
windscreen /w.ndskrin/ noun the
front window of an aircraft through which the pilot has forward vision . The windscreen is a glass laminated con-struction with an electrical element, made of gold film, sandwiched between the layers. . wiper
windshear /w.nd.../ noun a change in wind direction and speed between slightly different altitudes . Windshear,
if strong enough, can produce clear air turbulence. . Fly-by-wire technology can be very useful in windshear situa-tions.
windshield /w.nd.ild/ noun US
same as windscreen windsock /w.nds.k/ noun a pole at the top of which is a fabric tube through which the wind blows, showing the wind direction
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