English noun: air current | |||
1. | air current (phenomenon) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure | ||
Samples | 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 the atmosphere. | ||
Synonyms | current of air, wind | ||
Broader (hypernym) | atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | air, airstream, blast, blow, boreas, breeze, calm, calm air, catabatic wind, chinook, chinook wind, crosswind, doldrums, draft, draught, east wind, easter, easterly, foehn, fohn, gale, gentle wind, gust, harmattan, headwind, high wind, katabatic wind, khamsin, monsoon, monsoon, north wind, norther, northerly, northwest wind, northwester, prevailing wind, samiel, Santa Ana, simoom, simoon, snow eater, sou'easter, sou'wester, south wind, southeaster, souther, southerly, southwester, squall, tailwind, thermal, west wind, wester, zephyr | ||
Substance holonym | air | ||