Usually means: Change in wind speed, direction.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word wind shear:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. wind shear: Merriam-Webster
  2. wind shear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wind shear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wind shear: Collins English Dictionary
  5. wind shear: Wiktionary
  6. wind shear: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. wind shear: Dictionary.com
  8. Wind shear (disambiguation), Wind shear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. wind shear: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wind shear: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (wind shear)

noun:  (meteorology, weather, aviation, uncountable) Variation in wind speed or direction over a short spatial distance.
noun:  (meteorology, weather, aviation, countable) A specific instance of variation in wind speed or direction over a short spatial distance.

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