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CALM AIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calm air mean? 

CALM AIR (noun)
  The noun CALM AIR has 1 sense:

1. wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scaleplay

  Familiarity information: CALM AIR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALM AIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

calm; calm air

Hypernyms ("calm air" 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)

Holonyms ("calm air" is a part of...):

Beaufort scale; wind scale (an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane))


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