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What is a tailwind?

What is a tailwind? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship
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The table below contains the landing-distance values with the 10-knot tailwind correction applied.
The quartering tailwind was not favorable for the landing runway, but it was nothing we hadn't dealt with before.
A slight crosswind changing to a steady tailwind greeted rowers and spectators alike.
Conditions were bright and sunny for both stages, with the riders being helped up the last part of Norwood Edge by a strong tailwind.
A tailwind had brought the aircraft into the airport quicker than expected.
It was fast, mostly downhill, and mother nature was good enough to hold the rain off and afford us a light tailwind.

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