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| Domain | Definition |
Physics | Moving air mass which penetrates and divides a more stationary mass. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: AIR FLOW |
| English words defined with "AIR FLOW": chronic bronchitis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AIR FLOW": air change, Air Retarder/Barrier, air-power-operated mine door, Airway Resistance ♦ downwelling ♦ electrostatic precipitator, EXFILTRATION ♦ fan total head, fixed blade ♦ Indoor Climate ♦ kilocusec ♦ leakage intake system, Lung Diseases, Obstructive ♦ mechanical ventilation ♦ POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN, polysomnographic technologis, propeller fan ♦ stationary blade, stator blade ♦ yaw phenomenon. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A CDC scientist wearing a protective suit with helmet and face mask is seated at an air flow hood as he conducts his studies. Credit: CDC. |  | Wave clouds associated with air flow over the Appalachian Mountains. Great Lakes show to the west. Photo taken from TIROS VII, pass 4363, camera 1, frame 10. Picture of the Month, "Monthly Weather Review," June 1964. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | [A Clinical Center patient, in a laminar air flow room, is examined by his physician]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Some devices measure air flow electronically. (references) | |
This blocks the air flow for 10 seconds to a minute while the sleeping person struggles to breathe. (references) | ||
Blood flow and air flow to the walls of the alveoli where gas exchange takes place are uneven or mismatched. (references) | ||
Business | Draft technical monitoring regulations under authority of the Air Pollution Control Act, for stationary air pollution sources, which would require draft installation of air flow meters and monitors have not been published yet. The Green House Gas Control Act is in draft form, and was presented at a public hearing in May 2000, which would establish a GHG emissions registry, permit system, and permit trading mechanism for large GHG emitters. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "AIR FLOW": air flow meter ♦ air flow method ♦ air flow method brake test. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "AIR FLOW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | luftstrømning (air stream, airflow), luftstrøm (air jet, air stream, airflow, plume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | luchtstroom (air stream, airflow, draught). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | anemometri (air flow meter, anemometer), tuulimittari (wind-gauge), ilmavirtaukseen perustuva jarrujen testausmenetelmä (AFM brake test, air flow method brake test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | filet d'air (air stream, airflow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stromlinie (streamline), Stromfaden (air stream, airflow), Luftstrom (airflow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ροή αέρα, γραμμή ροής (air stream, airflow), αερονημάτιο (air stream, airflow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | corrente d'aria (draft, draught). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | airay owflay corrente de ar (blast, draught). (various references) línea de corriente (streamline), línea aerodinámica (air stream, airflow), corriente de aire (airstream, draft, draught). (various references) anemometer (anemometer), vindmätare (anemometer, wind gauge), bromsprov baserat på luftgenomströmningsmetod (AFM brake test, air flow method brake test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: airflow. | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-l-o-r-w" | |
-1 letter: foliar. | |
-2 letters: filar, flair, flora, folia, frail. | |
-3 letters: alif, alow, aril, awol, fail, fair, farl, faro, fiar, fila, filo, flaw, flow, foal, foil, fora, fowl, frow, lair, lari, liar, lira, loaf, oral, rail, rial, roil, rolf, waif, wail, wair, wolf. | |
-4 letters: ail, air, arf, awl, far, fil, fir, for, fro, lar, law, low, oaf. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-l-o-r-w" | |
+1 letter: airflows. | |
+2 letters: rauwolfia. | |
+3 letters: rauwolfias, wolframite. | |
+4 letters: cauliflower, wolframites. | |
+5 letters: cauliflowers, flowcharting, waterfowling. | |
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