airstream [ˈɛəˌstriːm]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a wind, esp at a high altitude
2. a current of moving air
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| Noun | 1. | airstream - a relatively well-defined prevailing wind jet stream - a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere; has important effects of the formation of weather fronts air current, current of air, wind - 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" |
| 2. |  airstream - the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propellerflow - any uninterrupted stream or discharge |
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