air current

1. Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure (synset 111546388)
   "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"
   is a type of: atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition - the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
   subtypes:

   • airstream - a relatively well-defined prevailing wind
   • calm, calm air - wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
   • air, breeze, gentle wind, zephyr - a slight wind (usually refreshing)
   • chinook, chinook wind, snow eater - a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
   • harmattan - a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter
   • crosswind - wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
   • foehn, fohn - a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
   • khamsin - an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring
   • santa ana - a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast
   • high wind - a very strong wind
   • headwind - wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft
   • catabatic wind, katabatic wind - a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air
   • tailwind - wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft
   • doldrums - a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
   • languor - oppressively still air
   • east wind, easter, easterly - a wind from the east
   • northwest wind, northwester - a wind from the northwest
   • sou'wester, southwester - a strong wind from the southwest
   • sou'easter, southeaster - a strong wind from the southeast
   • gale - a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
   • blast, blow, gust - a strong current of air
   • monsoon - a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
   • monsoon - any wind that changes direction with the seasons
   • boreas, north wind, norther, northerly - a wind that blows from the north
   • prevailing wind - the predominant wind direction
   • samiel, simoom, simoon - a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
   • south wind, souther, southerly - a wind from the south
   • squall - sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
   • thermal - rising current of warm air
   • draft, draught - a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
   • west wind, wester - wind that blows from west to east
   substance holonym: air - a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
   same as: current of air, wind

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