navigable semicircle: Meaning and Definition of

nav'igable sem'icircle

Pronunciation: [key]
— Naut. Naut.
  1. the less violent half of a cyclone; the half blowing in the direction opposite to that in which the cyclone is moving and in which a vessel can run before the wind.
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