Search Result for "air current":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure;
- Example: "trees bent under the fierce winds"
- Example: "when there is no wind, row"
- Example: "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
[syn: wind, air current, current of air]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

air current
    n 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" [syn: wind, air current,
         current of air]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "air current":
   crosscurrent, current, current of air, downdraft, draft, fall wind,
   flow of air, following wind, head wind, indraft, inflow,
   inhalation, inrush, inspiration, jetstream, katabatic wind,
   monsoon, movement of air, stream, stream of air, tail wind,
   undercurrent, updraft, wind