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wind speed vs the wind speed

Both 'wind speed' and 'the wind speed' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Wind speed' is more commonly used in technical or scientific contexts where brevity is preferred. 'The wind speed' is used when referring to a specific or particular wind speed in a sentence.

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wind speed

This phrase is correct and commonly used, especially in technical or scientific contexts.

This phrase is used to refer to the speed at which the wind is blowing. It is commonly used in weather reports, aviation, sailing, and other fields that deal with wind conditions.

Examples:

The wind speed is measured in kilometers per hour.
High wind speeds can lead to dangerous conditions for outdoor activities.
The wind speed at the top of the mountain is much higher than at sea level.

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Diving Technique depends weather, wind speed and Current water.
The energy output must be rising because of an uptick in wind speed.
Different locations will have different wind speed distributions.
Exterior convective heat transfer coefficient is dependent to wind speed adjacent to the surface.
The INDEPENDENCE 32 is a turbine ideally suited to low wind speed regimes.
So I simulated Kono's movement based on wind speed and currents.
Wind shear exhibited a strong diurnal variation which strongly correlated with wind speed trends.
The wind speed is not more than 5 m/s.
And the suitable wind speed and humidity aid the drying process.
They send up weather balloons to check the wind speed.
Driving 60 MPH+ significantly increases wind speed and lowers mileage tremendously.
1 input channel for pulse output anemometer (wind speed).
By means of adequate calibration charts it is possible to calculate the wind speed.
Max wind speed displayed with time & date of recording
Daily or hourly averages can be used for wind speed.
It saves wind speed (average and max) and direction.
45-degree oblique wind... 3/4 value wind speed.
In 2001, he designed an algorithm to detect tropical cyclones and estimate their maximum sustained wind speed using the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU).
Most ocean basins use the average wind speed to determine the tropical cyclone's category.
The anticyclones in Jupiter's atmosphere are always confined within zones, where the wind speed increases in direction from the equator to the poles.

Alternatives:

velocity of the wind
rate of the wind
speed of the wind
wind velocity
wind rate

the wind speed

This phrase is correct and is used when referring to a specific or particular wind speed in a sentence.

This phrase is used when you want to specify a particular wind speed in a sentence. It adds a definite article 'the' before 'wind speed' to indicate a specific measurement.

Examples:

The wind speed recorded during the storm was over 100 miles per hour.
Please check the wind speed before setting sail.
The wind speed at the airport was causing flight delays.

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They send up weather balloons to check the wind speed.
The tests shall not be carried out if the wind speed, including gusts, exceeds 5 m/s during the sound-measurement interval.
The device must be capable of measuring the wind speed with a tolerance of ± 1 m/s.
Testing shall not be performed if the wind speed at the microphone height exceeds 5 m/s.
The contact wire height and the wind speed at which unrestricted operation is possible shall be listed in the Infrastructure Register (see Annex D).
You simply count the number of rotations of the cups, and it gives you the wind speed.
What's the wind speed, Gus?
The tests shall not be carried out if the wind speed, including gusts, at microphone height exceeds 5 m/s, during the noise measurement interval.
p, li {white-space: pre-wrap;}\ The unit used to measure the wind speed.
Tests shall not be carried out if the wind speed, including gusts, at microphone height exceeds 5 m/s, during the sound measurement interval and shall be recorded during each test run.
The wind speed is not more than 5 m/s.
Simp-son holding down the center while Database and Cosine are still testing the wind speed.
You've calculated the wind speed, so you know how treacherous this is.
It still holds the wind speed record: over 250 km/h.
But the wind speed is 12 knots at our tail, which negates the temperature advantage.
In addition, the vector component of the wind speed across the test road shall be less than 2 m/s.
Winners don't blame the ball or the rim or the wind speed in a closed-off room.
This is the wind speed and direction according to the National Weather Service at the time of the shot.
What is the wind speed now?
The wind speed and direction shall be determined using a meteorological station installed near to the pressure measurement location, at 2 m above the top of rail and at 4 m distance to the track.

Alternatives:

the velocity of the wind
the rate of the wind
the speed of the wind
the wind velocity
the wind rate

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