moderate breeze

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moderate breeze

A wind with a speed from 11 to 16 knots (13 to 18 miles per hour; 20 to 30 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.

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moderate breeze

(Physical Geography) a wind of force four on the Beaufort scale

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moderate breeze - wind moving 13-18 knots; 4 on the Beaufort scale

breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, air - a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

Beaufort scale, wind scale - an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)

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