(air current)
1air current — noun air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure trees bent under the fierce winds when there is no wind, row the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into… …
2air current — Synonyms and related words: crosscurrent, current, current of air, downdraft, draft, fall wind, flow of air, following wind, head wind, indraft, inflow, inhalation, inrush, inspiration, jetstream, katabatic wind, monsoon, movement of air, stream …
3air current — n. current of moving air, wind current …
4air current — /ˈɛə kʌrənt/ (say air kuruhnt) noun 1. any moving stream of air. 2. a flow of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure …
5air current — Eaea; holouka (rare) …
6air pocket — air′ pock et n. mer aer. a nearly vertical air current that can cause an aircraft to lose altitude suddenly • Etymology: 1910–15 …
7current — Synonyms and related words: AC, Brownian movement, DC, Zeitgeist, a la mode, absorption current, accepted, accessible, accidental, accompanying, accustomed, active current, actual, ado, advance, advised, affirmed, affluence, afflux, affluxion,… …
8current of air — noun air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure trees bent under the fierce winds when there is no wind, row the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into… …
9current — n. flow of electricity 1) alternating; direct; electric; high tension; low tension; oscillating current flow 2) an air current 3) an underwater current 4) against; with the current * * * [ kʌrənt] direct electric high tension low tension… …
10current — adj 1. present, immediate, instant, imminent, now passing, happening, occuring, ongoing, going on, present day; existent, extant, actual, being, coincident, concomitant, coeval, coexistent, simultaneous, contemporaneous, synchronous. 2. well… …
