downwind has definitions from the field of nautical
1
[ adverb ] in the direction the wind is blowing

Synonyms

with_the_wind

Examples

"they flew downwind"

Used in print

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

The smaller the particle the further it will travel downwind before settling out .

It is quite likely that an even greater area was covered , particularly downwind .

Related terms

upwind

2
[ adverb ] (nautical) away from the wind

Synonyms

windward

Examples

"they were sailing windward"

Related terms

leeward leeward

3
[ adjective ] towards the side away from the wind

Synonyms

lee

Related terms

leeward

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