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WINDLESSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does windlessness mean?
• WINDLESSNESS (noun)
The noun WINDLESSNESS has 1 sense:
1. calmness without winds
Familiarity information: WINDLESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Calmness without winds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
stillness; windlessness
Hypernyms ("windlessness" is a kind of...):
calmness (an absence of strong winds or rain)
Derivation:
windless (without or almost without wind)
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