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Definition of Leeward side
1. Noun. The side sheltered from the wind.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leeward Side
Literary usage of Leeward side
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"When the wind blows against a building, the pressure of the air upon the windward
side will be greater than upon the leeward side. The air which is within ..."
2. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"The Holio is a very common tree in the forests of the leeward side of Kauai,
where it associates with ..."
3. The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs by Charles Darwin (1897)
"... lagoon-channels—Breaches through the reef in front of valleys, and generally
on the leeward side—Checks to the filling up of the ..."
4. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"The truss is assumed to have frictionless rollers under the leeward side.
Calculate the reactions by means of force and equilibrium polygons. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"From this cause also, therefore, the leeward side of the valley receives more
rain than the windward side. In the United Kingdom the prevailing winds are ..."
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