A Darth Vader on the Gatwick Express. Darth Vader (plural Darth Vaders) A powerful individual or force, particularly one that is seen as malevolent, dominating and threatening. Robert Whiting, The Meaning of Ichiro: The New Wave from Japan and the Transformation of Our National Pastime (2004) p. 130:
exists and is an alternate of . Wind is a horizontal flow of air from higher pressure to lower pressure the force that generates wind is called the Pressure-Gradient Force. Wind is a horizontal flow of air from higher pressure to lower pressure the force that generates wind is called the Pressure-Gradient Force.
Contributed by Chris Landsea (NHC). The reason is that the earth's rotation sets up an apparent force (called the Coriolis force) that pulls the winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere (and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere).