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AIRSTREAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Synonyms:
airstream; backwash; race; slipstream; wash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("airstream" is a kind of...):
flow (any uninterrupted stream or discharge)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A relatively well-defined prevailing wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("airstream" is a kind of...):
air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "airstream"):
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)
