Air Current (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- Air currents carry warm air upwards from the ground into the upper atmosphere where it cools and condenses.
- As she stepped off the cliff in her wingsuit, the air current caught her and she felt a rush of excitement.
- A weak air current made it difficult to control the direction of the hot air balloon.
- A series of spinning blades caught the air current, causing the turbine to generate electricity.
- She loved standing at the top of the hill, feeling the gentle air current blowing through her hair on a warm summer day.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Gentle Wind
- Headwind
- Katabatic Wind
- Santa Ana
- East Wind
- Chinook
- North Wind
- Languor
- West Wind
- Gale
- High Wind
- Airstream
- Northwest Wind
- Breeze
- Southeaster
- Blow
- Norther
- Easterly
- Snow Eater
- Doldrums
- Simoom
- Crosswind
- Southerly
- Boreas
- Prevailing Wind
- Thermal
- Harmattan
- Khamsin
- South Wind
- Monsoon
- Squall
- Tailwind
- Calm Air
- Samiel
- Fohn
- Gust
- Air
- Draft
- Southwester