airstream

airstream

(ˈɛəˌstriːm)

n

1. (Physical Geography) a wind, esp at a high altitude

2. a current of moving air

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air•stream

(ˈɛərˌstrim)

n.

any localized airflow.

[1865–70]

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Thesaurus

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 propeller backwash, slipstream, wash, race flow - any uninterrupted stream or discharge

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Translations

airstream

[ˈɛəstriːm] N → corriente f de aire

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