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What does downwind mean?

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Adverb
  1. in the same direction as the wind is blowing
  2. (from) positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind
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And so in Tasmania we have no significant detriment in the downwind direction.
For example, emissions of sulphur dioxide by one state will be carried by winds and deposited as acid rain on downwind countries.
The downwardly curved petiole twists away from the wind, so its ventral surface points downwind.
As I finished each of the major rooms I took the vacuum out to empty straight into the trash and gave the dusters a jolly good shake downwind.
With erosion on the windward slope and deposition in the lee, the dune body moves in a downwind direction.
The fumes wend their way downwind for a week or more, whichever direction the wind is heading.

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