current of air

current of air
noun
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
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trees bent under the fierce winds

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when there is no wind, row

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the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere

• Syn: ↑wind, ↑air current
• Derivationally related forms: ↑windy (for: ↑wind)
• Hyponyms:
• Substance Meronyms: ↑air

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