top | item 44004535 (no title) Bost | 9 months ago Yes, "windshadow" one is more descriptive than "slipstream". (At least for me.) discuss order hn newest lisper|9 months ago "Rain shadow" is a common idiom in English. "Wind shadow" is not because English has multiple dedicated words for this concept, including "lee" [2] as well as slipstream.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_shadow[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windward_and_leeward
lisper|9 months ago "Rain shadow" is a common idiom in English. "Wind shadow" is not because English has multiple dedicated words for this concept, including "lee" [2] as well as slipstream.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_shadow[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windward_and_leeward
lisper|9 months ago
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_shadow
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windward_and_leeward