Definition of "windlessness" [windlessness]

• Absence of wind. (noun)

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• "Likewise, also, in the case of objects widely divergent, the examination of likeness is useful for purposes of definition, e.g. the sameness of a calm at sea, and windlessness in the air (each being a form of rest), and of a point on a line and the unit in number-each being a starting point."
• "Heat lightning sometimes nickered yonder, and thunder muttered into windlessness."
• "RAIN FELL slowly through windlessness, almost a mist."