Usually means: Airflow deflected downwards by wings.
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  1. downwash: Merriam-Webster
  2. downwash: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. downwash: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. downwash: Collins English Dictionary
  5. downwash: Wordnik
  6. downwash: Wiktionary
  7. downwash: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. downwash: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. downwash: Dictionary.com
  10. Downwash: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. downwash: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. downwash: Encyclopedia

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (downwash)

noun:  downward air turbulence caused by a propeller or jet, but especially by helicopter blades
noun:  The downward motion of air as a result of eddies behind a wing or chimney, etc.

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