Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

air current

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.02 in modern English

Syllables: air cur-rent
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

Example Sentences

"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"

Synonyms

wind current of air

Questions

What does air current mean?: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

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