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Air Current

Definition: Air Current

Air Current

Noun

1. A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Air Current

DomainDefinitions

Mining

A. The flow of air ventilating the workings of a mine. Syn:airflow; air quantity. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Air Current

Synonyms: draft (n), draught (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Air Current

English words defined with "air current": Aerophoby, aflare, Air stove, Air way, anabatic, Argand lampbe adrift, blast, blow, blowerdowndraft, Draff, draft, draught, driftfan, Fan blower, flaring, float, fluttering, flying, Franklin stovegusthydraulic ramkatabaticLanguet, LithargeOxidatorSmokejackthermalupdraftwaving, winnow. (references)
Specialty definitions using "air current": adverse impact on an AQRV, air course, air coursing, air regulator, air split, air surveillance plotting board, airblast, Apold-Fleissner process, auxiliary fanBATTERY ASSEMBLER, PLASTIC, bearing door, brazer, electronic, BRAZER, INDUCTION, BRAZER, RESISTANCE, brushing shot, bug dustClean Air Act, COILER, coursed ventilationdip split, downdraught, drier operator, DRIER TENDER, dry drillingelectrostatic precipitator, entrainmentFederal Implementation Plan, fire support coordination line, foam plugholing about, hot-wire anemometer, hurdle sheetIontophoresislayering of combustible gases, Lenard effect, local ventilation, Lurgi processmain intake, MANAGER, SCHEDULE PLANNING, mine resistance, mine ventilation auxiliary fannatural purification, natural ventilating pressure, NEON-TUBE PUMPER, Norsk-Staal processOCEANOGRAPHER, ASSISTANT, Oldham stone dusterpneumatic concentrator, POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN, polysomnographic technologisReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal, recirculation of air, Ree's torsion anemometer, refrigeration plant, rotary-drier operatorsecondary fan, self-purification, sling psychrometer, solderer, electronic, steam jettracer gasunit ventilation, upcast shaft, updraughtVACUUM CASTER, VACUUM-METALIZER OPERATOR, vapor coater, velocity of air current, ventilating currentWELDING-MACHINE OPERATOR, ELECTRON BEAM, wind method. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Air Current

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 current traffic

5

air current

5
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Modern Translations: Air Current

Language Translations for "air current"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

courant d'air (airflow). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ρεύμα αέροσ (draff). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

imbas (electrical current). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

上昇気流 (ascending air current), 下降気流 (downward air current). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

か"うきりゅう (downward air current), じょうしょうきりゅう (ascending air current). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airay urrentcay

   

Spanish

  

corriente de aire (air flow, air stream, airflow, airstream, draft, draught). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

luftström (air-current, slipstream). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Air Current

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-2 letters: anuretic, curarine.

-3 letters: carrier, centaur, ceratin, certain, cirrate, creatin, currant, current, currier, curtain, erratic, recruit, reincur, retrain, ruinate, runtier, tacrine, tarrier, taurine, terrain, trainer, tunicae, uncrate, uranite, urinate.

-4 letters: acetin, acuter, anuric, artier, auntie, canter, carnet, carnie, carter, centai, centra, crater, cretin, curare, curari, curate, curiae, curite, curran, currie, curter, enatic, errant, irater, nature, nectar, nutria, racier, ranter, ratine, recant, retain, retina, return, ruiner, tanrec, tracer, trance, triune, tunica, turner, unciae, uniter, uranic, uratic, uretic.

-5 letters: actin, acute, airer, antic, antre, areic, aurei, auric, cairn, caner, carer, caret, carte, cater, centu, ceria, citer, crane, crate, crier, cruet, crura, curer, curet, curia, curie, cuter, cutie, cutin, enact, entia, erica, eruct, incur, inert, inter, inure, irate, nacre, naric, nicer, niter, nitre, racer, rance, rarer, rater, react, recta, recti, recur, recut, reran, rerun, retia, riant, ricer, runic, rutin, tarre, tenia, terai, terra, tinea, trace, train, triac, trice, trier, trine, truce, truer, tuner, tunic, uncia, unite, untie, uraei, urare, urari, urate, ureic, urine, uteri.

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

+4 letters: infrastructure, resurrectional.

 

+5 letters: counterirritant, infrastructures, insurrectionary.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Air Current


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 69 72      43 75 72 72 65 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101001 01110010 00100000 01000011 01110101 01110010 01110010 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#105 &#114 &#32 &#67 &#117 &#114 &#114 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0069 0072      0043 0075 0072 0072 0065 006E 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357584237878484718086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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