current of air

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current of air - 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" air current, wind airstream - a relatively well-defined prevailing wind calm air, calm - wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, air - a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" 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; "rain and high winds covered the region" 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 east wind, easterly, easter - 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 gust, blast, blow - a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" 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; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest" 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) atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition, conditions - the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow" west wind, wester - wind that blows from west to east air - a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the air"; "open a window and let in some air"; "I need some fresh air"