air current
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Definitions
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 the atmosphere"
More Specific Terms
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
north wind
norther
northerly
northwest wind
northwester
prevailing wind
samiel
Santa Ana
simoom
simoon
snow eater
sou''easter
south wind
southeaster
souther
southerly
southwester
sou''wester
squall
tailwind
thermal
west wind
wester
zephyr