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rawin

[ rey-win ]

noun

  1. a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rawin1

1945–50; ra(dio) + win(ds-aloft)

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