What is the meaning of air current?

noun

  • Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
    • usage: "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"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
14
 
|15 years ago|691 views|share |citing 
APAWordNet. (2010). air current. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/air_current/definitions/1255292
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "air current" http://smartdefine.org/air_current/definitions/1255292 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, air current, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/air_current/definitions/1255292>.
MLAWordNet. "air current" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/air_current/definitions/1255292>