leeway – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
leeway
n.
space, time to maneuver; additional money (time, etc.); sideways motion, drifting to the side (Nautical, Aeronautics)
Leeway
Leeway is the amount of drift motion to
leeward of an object floating in the water caused by the component of the wind vector that is perpendicular to the object’s forward motion. The National Search and Rescue Supplement to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual defines leeway as "the movement of a search object through water caused by winds blowing against exposed surfaces". However, the resultant total motion of an object is made up of the leeway drift and the movement of the upper layer of the ocean caused by the surface currents,
tidal currents and
ocean currents. Objects with a greater exposure to each element will experience more leeway drift and overall movement through the water than ones with less exposure.
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leeway
Noun
1. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
(hypernym) drift
(classification) ship
2. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
(synonym) allowance, margin, tolerance
(hypernym) discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance
Leeway
(n.)
The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
leeway
Synonyms and related words:
aesthetic distance, air space, ample scope, blank check, caesura, carte blanche, clearance, compass, deep space, depths of space, discontinuity, distance, distance between, divergence, double space, drift, driftway, elbowroom, em space, en space, extent, farness, field, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, freeboard, freedom, full scope, full swing, hair space, half space, headroom, headway, hiatus, infinity, interim, intermediate space, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, jump, lacuna, latitude, leap, length, light-years, long rope, maneuvering space, margin, mileage, no holds barred, open space, parsecs, perspective, piece, play, progress, range, reach, remoteness, room, room to spare, rope, scope, sea room, separation, single space, slack, space, space between, span, spare room, steerageway, sternway, stretch, stride, swing, time interval, tolerance, way, ways, wide berth
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
