"wind shadow" meaning in English

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        "An area which experiences lower winds due to being downwind from an obstacle such as a hill, building, tree line, mountain, wind turbine, etc."
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        "(meteorology, countable) An area which experiences lower winds due to being downwind from an obstacle such as a hill, building, tree line, mountain, wind turbine, etc."
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        "(meteorology, uncountable) The phenomenon of lesser wind for this reason."
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        "(meteorology, countable) An area which experiences lower winds due to being downwind from an obstacle such as a hill, building, tree line, mountain, wind turbine, etc."
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