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Zephyr
A light, warm breeze. Derived from Zephryros, the personification by the ancient Greeks of the warm west wind that was thought to prevail around the time of the summer solstice.
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Zephyr: Any soft, gentle breeze. The name derives from the ancient Greek name for the west wind Zephyros, which is light and beneficial in Greece.

Zephyros The ancient Greek name for the west wind, which generally light and beneficial. It has evolved into "zephyr" which denotes a soft gentle breeze. (Glossary of Meteorology) ...

ZEPHYR - A name given to a light wind.
ZONAL - Term applied to a straight, usually west to east and fast upper level wind flow.
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Zephyr: A gentle breeze. A west wind.
Zonal Flow: A west to east movement of air masses.
Zonda: A Fohen (Warm Wind) that is located in the mountain valleys of Argentina, South America.
ZL: Freezing Drizzle.
ZR: Freezing Rain.

A type of directional antenna used on some types of radar and radio equipment consisting of an array of elemental, single-wire dipole antennas and reflectors. Invented in 1926 by Shintaro Uda and Hidetsugu Yagi of Tohoku University, Japan. Zephyr ...

See also: Breeze, Weather, Meteor, Light, Rain

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