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AIR CURTAIN

Specialty Definition: AIR CURTAIN

DomainDefinition

Environment

A method of containing oil spills. Air bubbling through a perforated pipe causes an upward water flow that slows the spread of oil. It can also be used to stop fish from entering polluted water. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: AIR CURTAIN

Expression using "AIR CURTAIN": rotary air curtain drum. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AIR CURTAIN

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

air curtain

106

mars air curtain

9

air curtain manufacturer

6

industrial air curtain

5

2c 2c air curtain heating manufacturer product refigeration ventilation

5

air curtain destructor

4

berner air curtain

4

air curtain dayton

3

air curtain heater

3

air curtain incinerator

2

air curtain warm

2

air curtain uk

2

air curtain destructors

2

door air curtain

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AIR CURTAIN

Language Translations for "AIR CURTAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

luftgardin (curtain), gardin (curtain). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

luchtgordijn (brattice, curtain). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ilmaverho (curtain). (various references)

   

French

  

rideau d'air, enceinte d'air. (various references)

   

German

  

Luftgardine. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αεροκουρτίνα. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

légfüggöny. (various references)

   

Italian

  

cortina d'aria. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

エール大学 (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, aerobic dancing, aerobicise, aerobics, aerodynamics, aerogram, aerosol, aid, AIDS, AIDS virus, air, air bag, air brake, air breathing engine, air cargo, air check, air circulating system, air cleaner, air compressor, air conditioner, air conditioning, air cushion, air dome, air door, air force, air girl, air gun, air hostess, air mail, air mattress, air pad, air pageant, air people, air pocket, air pot, air pump, air rifle, air right, air service, air shoot, air shuttle, air sick, air suspension, air terminal, air towel, airborne, airbrush, Airbus, airline, airport, airport tax, airsick bag, airsickness, airway, alias, alien, Edam cheese, eight, eight beat, exercising with aerobics, hit point, home page, HP, on-air monitor, stewardess, Yale University). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

エアカーテン . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airay urtaincay

   

Spanish

  

cortina de aire. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

luftstrålegardin. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AIR CURTAIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-n-r-r-t-u"

-1 letter: urticaria.

-2 letters: uranitic.

-3 letters: actinia, antiair, anticar, currant, curtain.

-4 letters: acinar, antiar, anuria, anuric, arnica, arrant, carina, citrin, crania, curara, curari, curran, iatric, nitric, nutria, tunica, urania, uranic, uratic.

-5 letters: acari, acini, actin, antic, antra, atria, aurar, auric, cairn, carat, cirri, crura, curia, cutin, incur, naira, naric, ratan, riant, riata, ricin, ruana, runic, rutin, tiara.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-i-n-r-r-t-u"
 

+2 letters: caricaturing, curarization.

 

+3 letters: carburization, curarizations.

 

+4 letters: carburizations, rearticulating.

 

+5 letters: bureaucratising, bureaucratizing, circularization, circumnavigator, decarburization, particularising, particularizing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Expressions
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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