current of air


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current of air

Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) wind, air current
(hypernym) weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition
(hyponym) airstream
(substance-meronym) air