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"Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is."
WindLa nuit nétait pas très obscure; cétait une pleine lune sur laquelle c — Wind
"La nuit nétait pas très obscure; cétait une pleine lune sur laquelle couraient de larges nuées chassées par le vent. Cela faisait au dehors des alternatives dombre et de clarté, des éclipses, puis des éclaircies, et au dedans une sorte de crépuscule. Ce crépuscule, suffisant pour quon pût se guider, intermittent à cause des nuages, ressemblait à lespèce de lividité qui tombe dun soupirail de cave devant lequel vont et viennent des passants."
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Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hours, to global winds resulting from the difference in absorption of solar energy between the climate zones on Earth. The study of wind is called anemology.
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