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Windsock

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Windsock meaning

A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.

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Comets are sometimes referred to as cosmic ‘windsocks’ as they can indicate the direction and strength of solar wind in space, similar to how a windsock shows the direction and strength of wind.