A covalent bond between the amine end of one amino acid and the acid end of another amino acid. PICTURE. peptides Short chains of amino acids. ~ /PEP-tide/ A covalent bond between two amino acids; forms when the amino group of one amino acid bonds to the carboxyl group of another and water is eliminated.
Home > Shopping Tools > Weather Station Glossary of Terms > wind vane (definition) A wind vane is a device that measures the direction of the wind. The wind vane is usually combined with the anemometer. Wind direction is the direction from which the wind is blowing.
Winds (such as the north wind) are named for the direction they blow from so the north wind would blow from the north and a west wind would blow from the west (and to the east).n cup anemometer or wind vane, which are used to measure wind speed and indicate direction, point into the wind so they'd point north during a north wind.