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air (AIR)
1. The air we breathe: Air is composed primarily of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor."
2. Atmosphere, stratosphere, sky: "The rocket blasted off into the air."
3. Wind, breeze, draft, air current, air flow, waft: "Cold air blew in through the open window."
4. Atmosphere, aura, ambience; quality, manner, style, look: "An air of mystery pervaded the abandoned house. She has a certain air of sadness all the time."
5. Airs, affectations, pretensions, artificial manners; haughtiness, arrogance: "Don’t put on airs with me."
6. Tune, ditty, melody, song, strain; ballad, carol: "The children sang a delightful air."
7. Ventilate, expose to air, aerate: "The blankets were aired outside on the line."
8. Voice, express, declare, utter; proclaim, make public, reveal, disclose, expose: "The presidential candidate aired his views on television."
2. Atmosphere, stratosphere, sky: "The rocket blasted off into the air."
3. Wind, breeze, draft, air current, air flow, waft: "Cold air blew in through the open window."
4. Atmosphere, aura, ambience; quality, manner, style, look: "An air of mystery pervaded the abandoned house. She has a certain air of sadness all the time."
5. Airs, affectations, pretensions, artificial manners; haughtiness, arrogance: "Don’t put on airs with me."
6. Tune, ditty, melody, song, strain; ballad, carol: "The children sang a delightful air."
7. Ventilate, expose to air, aerate: "The blankets were aired outside on the line."
8. Voice, express, declare, utter; proclaim, make public, reveal, disclose, expose: "The presidential candidate aired his views on television."
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air (AIR) (noun)
1. The atmosphere we breathe: Air is composed primarily of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.
2. Biosphere, stratosphere, sky: The rocket blasted off into the air.
3. Wind, breeze, draft, current: When Andrea Gill opened the window, cold air blew in through the open window.
2. Biosphere, stratosphere, sky: The rocket blasted off into the air.
3. Wind, breeze, draft, current: When Andrea Gill opened the window, cold air blew in through the open window.
air (AIR) (verb)
To place something in an open area where there is a breeze to make it cool, dry, or clean: Leon's mother taught her children to put the blankets out on the line to air out.
ere (AIR) (preposition)
Prior to; before in time: Douglas and Karin will have a warm fire ere nightfall and so ere long they will be comfortable.
This is an old-fashioned or a literary term.
err (ER, UR, or AIR) (verb)
1. To make a mistake, slip up, miscalculate: Banks rarely err in figuring a checking account balance.
2. To deviate from an established moral code; to transgress, sin, misbehave: To err is human, to forgive divine.
2. To deviate from an established moral code; to transgress, sin, misbehave: To err is human, to forgive divine.
heir (AIR; not HAIR) (noun)
1. Someone who is legally entitled to inherit and to own an estate after the previous owner’s death; a beneficiary, an inheritor: The millionaire’s only heir was his son, Myron.
2. A person who succeeds or is in line to succeed to a hereditary rank, title, or office: The king did not have an heir when he died.
2. A person who succeeds or is in line to succeed to a hereditary rank, title, or office: The king did not have an heir when he died.
An heir is someone who may be worth more financially than others and still be worthless.
Angie, the heir to the science project started to err when she wrote that ere there was air, the earth was surrounded by carbon dioxide.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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Units related to:
“air”
(Latin: air, wind; rapid, quick)
(Greek: air, mist, wind)
(Greek: air, wind)
(Greek: vapor, steam; air, gas; respiration)
(Greek: air, wind; breathing)
(Greek: air, wind, breath; presence of air; spirit)
(Latin: air, wind)
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air
1. A mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and other gases that make up the earth's atmosphere.
In ancient times, the name used for a gas.
2. The mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere.The principal gases that compose dry air are: Nitrogen, 78.09%; Oxygen, 20.95%; Argon, 0.93%; and Carbon Dioxide, 0.033%.
Another important constituent of air is water vapor which varies from 0% to about 4%.
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Meteorology or Weather Terms +
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Science and Technology Words from the More Recent Past to the Present, Part 2
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air mass
A body of air in the lower atmosphere, which is more or less at a constant temperature and moisture content, and is often bounded by cold and warm fronts.
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air mass or air mass ratio
Equal to the cosine of the zenith angle or that angle from directly overhead to a line intersecting the sun.
The air mass is an indication of the length of the path solar radiation travels through the atmosphere. An air mass of 1.0 means the sun is directly overhead and the radiation travels through one atmosphere (thickness).
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Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms +
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air pressure
Measured with a barometer, the force per unit area that the air exerts on any surface; it results from the collision of air molecules.
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air quotes
A gesture made by raising and flexing the index and middle fingers of both hands which is used as quotation marks used to call special attention to a spoken word or expression.
air sac
The thin-walled expansion of the tracheal system of an arthropod, which
increases or strengthens the inspiration and the exhalation of air.
Air sacs also give buoyancy to aquatic insects, and in dragonflies, it provides insulation around the thoracic wing muscles.
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Insects, General Applicable Terms
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air-kiss
To make a kissing gesture at someone without touching.
compressed air
Air that is held at a pressure higher than standard atmospheric pressure, thereby increasing its density.
"In 1695, Guillaume Amontons, designed a thermometer using a glass tube filled with compressed air and then topped off with a level of mercury."
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Thermometer and Temperature Scales
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metal air fuel, metal fuel cell, metal fuel technology
A fuel cell technology that uses metals; such as, zinc, aluminum, and magnesium in place of hydrogen to provide electrical power in order to overcome certain disadvantages that are associated with hydrogen as a fuel.
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Metallurgy Topics or Metal Technology +
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1. A firearm which has a long barrel and that is held against a person's shoulder when he or she is shooting it: Hunters around the world use rifles to kill various "wild-game animals" to be used for food or for a so-called "sport".
3. A weapon that can shoot many bullets quickly and which is designed for use by the military: A unit of soldiers were armed with assault rifles and they were having target practice with these weapons.
Brenda's father took his rifle out to go hunting for deer.
2. A BB gun that uses compressed air or gas to fire small pellets: Lucinda's young brother took his air rifle to shoot at some cans lined up on a fence.3. A weapon that can shoot many bullets quickly and which is designed for use by the military: A unit of soldiers were armed with assault rifles and they were having target practice with these weapons.
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English Words in Action, Group R
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