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PRONUNCIATION OF WINDLESSNESS

windlessness  [ˈwɪndləsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINDLESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Windlessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WINDLESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of windlessness in the English dictionary

The definition of windlessness in the dictionary is the state of being calm and without wind.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WINDLESSNESS


airlessness
ˈɛələsnəs
bloodlessness
ˈblʌdləsnəs
boundlessness
ˈbaʊndləsnəs
cloudlessness
ˈklaʊdləsnəs
effortlessness
ˈɛfətləsnəs
endlessness
ˈɛndləsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
foodlessness
ˈfuːdləsnəs
friendlessness
ˈfrendləsnəs
godlessness
ˈɡɒdləsnəs
harmlessness
ˈhɑːmləsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
landlessness
ˈlændləsnəs
meaninglessness
ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs
mindlessness
ˈmaɪndləsnəs
regardlessness
rɪˈɡɑːdləsnəs
soundlessness
ˈsaʊndləsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs
wordlessness
ˈwɜːdləsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINDLESSNESS

winding sheet
winding staircase
winding-up
windingly
windjammer
windjamming
windlass
windle
windless
windlessly
windlestrae
windlestraw
windmill
windore
window
window box
window cleaner
window cleaning
window display
window dresser

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINDLESSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of windlessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «windlessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINDLESSNESS

Find out the translation of windlessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of windlessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «windlessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

windlessness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

windlessness
570 millions of speakers

English

windlessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

windlessness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السكون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

windlessness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

windlessness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

windlessness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

windlessness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa angin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

windlessness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

windlessness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

windlessness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Windlessness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

windlessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

windlessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्वातता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

windlessness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

windlessness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

windlessness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

windlessness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

windlessness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

windlessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wind stilte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

windlessness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

windlessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of windlessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WINDLESSNESS»

The term «windlessness» is used very little and occupies the 153.597 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WINDLESSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «windlessness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «windlessness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about windlessness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINDLESSNESS»

Discover the use of windlessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to windlessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Talking about God: The Concept of Analogy and the Problem of ...
For example, "What is windlessness?" "Stillness in a large extent of air — the air is the matter, the stillness is the actuality and substance". "What is wavelessness? " "Levelness of sea — the sea is the material substrate, the levelness, the ...
Roger M. White, 2010
2
Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium
5 J'liéltOUYOQ -ov; to : sea yahnvn -r|; f| : stillness of the sea, calm 6 vnveniot -0t; i| : state without (ivenot, windlessness; in apposition to yotltnvnv in the previous line = a calm [that is] windlessness. Translate as “a calm windlessness” or “a ...
Louise Pratt, 2012
3
The Book of the Damned: By Charles Fort
Windlessness. He says that the surface of the Loire was "absolutely smooth." The river was strewn with leaves as far as he could see. L'Astronomie, 1894-194: That , upon the 7th of April, 1894, dried leaves fell at Clairvaux and Outre-Aube, ...
Charles Fort, 1919
4
The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I: 1902-1941, I, Too, ...
Arnold Rampersad. But blow quickly Through the red, white, yellow skins Of our bodies To the terrible snarl, Not mine, Not yours, Not hers, But all one snarl of souls. Blow quickly, wind, Before we run back into the windlessness— With our ...
Arnold Rampersad, 2001
5
The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1941-1950
Touch our bodies, wind, But blow quickly Through the red, white, yellow skins Of our bodies To the terrible snarl, Not mine, Not yours, Not hers, But all one snarl of souls. Blow quickly, wind, Before we run back Into the windlessness — With our ...
Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad, Dolan Hubbard, 2001
6
Speaking the Incomprehensible God: Thomas Aquinas on the ...
Thus, the ocean's calmness and the air's windlessness possess the common genus of stillness (he ̄suchia);9 and although there is no common name for the fish's spine, the cuttlefish's calcified shell, and the vertebrate's bone (which are ...
Gregory P Rocca, 2004
7
The Book Of The Damned:
Windlessness. He says that the surface of the Loire was "absolutely smooth." The river was strewn with leaves as far as he could see. L'Astronomie,1894194: That, upon the 7th of April, 1894, dried leaves fell at Clairvaux and OutreAube, ...
Charles Fort, 2014
8
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
Touch our bodies, wind, But blow quickly Through the red, white, yellow skins Of our bodies To the terrible snarl, Not mine, Not yours, Not hers, But all one snarl of souls. Blow quickly, wind, Before we run back Into the windlessness— With our ...
Langston Hughes, 2011
9
The Book Of The Damned (Fortean writings)
Windlessness. He says that the surface of the Loire was "absolutely smooth." The river was strewn with leaves as far as he could see. L'Astronomie, 1894-194: That , upon the 7th of April, 1894, dried leaves fell at Clairvaux and Outre-Aube, ...
Charles Fort
10
Poems
... Not mine, Not yours, Not hers, But all one snarl of souls. Blow quickly, wind, Before we run back Into the windlessness— With our bodies —— Into the windlessness Ofour house in Taos. RAILROAD AVE.\'UE Dusk dark On Railroad Avenue.
Langston Hughes, David Ernest Roessel, 1999

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINDLESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term windlessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bring Back the Fun in Democracy
On the other hand, the very windlessness and boringness of the 2016 contest so far might just be a spell of calm before a glorious storm of surprises. No one's ... «CounterPunch, Dec 14»
2
Theo Jansen's Lumbering Life-Forms Arrive in America
... in rows along the creatures' flanks, air which could in turn flow out at times of windlessness to churn the spinal crankshaft and power the legs: lungs, as it were, ... «New York Times, Nov 14»
3
SEAS teaches the 'black art' of sailing to Juneau
Even the periods of windlessness that Inside Passage waters provide can be welcome, peaceful interludes. "You get out one time with somebody, and you want ... «Capital City Weekly, Aug 14»
4
Rise and fall of Abastumi
Windlessness can be seen throughout the year. This highlights the resort as a winter highland climate station where the sick have the best opportunity to spend ... «vestnik kavkaza, Jun 14»
5
Renewables Aren't Enough. Clean Coal Is the Future
Where will energy come from during big, protracted bouts of bad weather and windlessness? Several companies are experimenting with “load-shifting”—storing ... «Wired, Mar 14»
6
The Mind that moves, the Love that stills
For you it is a moment of absolute windlessness, despite all the surroundings of a windy day. You don't feel ruffled by the wind, despite all the evidence of wind ... «Christian Science Monitor, Oct 13»

REFERENCE
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