air current

air 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… …   Useful english dictionary

air 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 …   Moby Thesaurus

air current — n. current of moving air, wind current …   English contemporary dictionary

air 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 …   Australian English dictionary

air current —   Eaea; holouka (rare) …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

air pocket — air′ pock et n. mer aer. a nearly vertical air current that can cause an aircraft to lose altitude suddenly • Etymology: 1910–15 …   From formal English to slang

current — 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

current 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… …   Useful english dictionary

current — 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… …   Combinatory dictionary

current — 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… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

Current (fluid) — A current in a fluid is the magnitude and direction of flow within that fluid. An air current presents the same properties for a gaseous medium. Kinds of fluid currents include. Boundary current Current (stream), a current in a river or stream… …   Wikipedia