Sail at an angle to the wind
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TACKSail at an angle to the wind.
studdingsailan additional sail set at the outer edges of a square sail when the wind is light and abaft the beam also STUNSAIL
studdingsailsSTUDDINGSAIL, an additional sail set at the outer edges of a square sail when the wind is light and abaft the beam also STUNSAIL
perpendicularAt an angle of 90░ to the ground; vertical
plagiotropismthe tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle
plagiotropismsPLAGIOTROPISM, the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle
plagiotropousshowing plagiotropism, the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle
sweepbackthe angle at which an aircraft wing is set back relative to the axis
sweepbacksSWEEPBACK, the angle at which an aircraft wing is set back relative to the axis
steeved(of a bowsprit or the like) to incline upward at an angle instead of extending horizontally
steeve(of a bowsprit or the like) to incline upward at an angle instead of extending horizontally
steeving(of a bowsprit or the like) to incline upward at an angle instead of extending horizontally
steeves(of a bowsprit or the like) to incline upward at an angle instead of extending horizontally
sweepbackThe angle at which an aircraft's wing is set back from a right angle to the body
pouringCause (a liquid) to flow from a container in a steady stream by holding the container at an angle
glancersto strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle the bullet glanced off the wall
glancerto strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle the bullet glanced off the wall
serifedany of the short lines stemming from and at an angle to the upper and lower ends of the strokes of a letter
trailto hold a rifle in the right hand at an oblique angle, with the muzzle forward and the butt a few inches off the ground
degreesunit of measure for angles equal to an angle with its vertex at the center of a circle and its sides cutting off 1/360 of the circumference
radiana unit of plane angular measurement that is equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc whose length equals the radius or approximately 57.3 degrees
ultramicroscopeAn optical microscope used to detect particles smaller than the wavelength of light by illuminating them at an angle and observing the light scattered by the Tyndall effect against a dark background
parsecsA unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.25 light years (3.08 Î 1016 meters). One parsec corresponds to the distance at which the mean radius of the earth's orbit subtends an angle of one second of arc