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light air

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light air
n.
A wind with a speed of from 1 to 3 knots (1.15 to 3.5 miles per hour; 1.9 to 5.6 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.
light air
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) very light air movement of force one on the Beaufort scale
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Noun1.light airlight air - wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 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"
Beaufort scale, wind scale - an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)


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The light air about me told me that the world ended here: only the ground and sun and sky were left, and if one went a little farther there would be only sun and sky, and one would float off into them, like the tawny hawks which sailed over our heads making slow shadows on the grass.
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Thus exhorted, Hubert resumed his place, and not neglecting the caution which he had received from his adversary, he made the necessary allowance for a very light air of wind, which had just arisen, and shot so successfully that his arrow alighted in the very centre of the target.
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Distance lent her figure an indescribable height, and romance seemed to surround her from the floating of a purple veil which the light air filled and curved from her shoulders.
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