Air shower
a shower of secondary cosmic radiation, caused by the interaction of cosmic radiation or gamma radiation with the atmosphere.
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- Airsickness
a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the aircraft in which one is traveling. airsickness air·sick·ness (âr’sĭk’nĭs) n. a form of motion sickness caused by air flight and characterized by nausea, vomiting, and dizziness.
- Airside
the part of an airport used by aircraft for loading and unloading and takeoffs and landings. the area beyond security checks and p-ssport and customs control in an airport terminal. noun the part of an airport nearest the aircraft, the boundary of which is the security check, customs, p-ssport control, etc compare landside (sense 1)
- Air sign
any of the three astrological signs, gemini, libra, or aquarius, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of intellect and gregariousness.
- Air-slake
to slake (lime or the like) with moist air.
- Air sleeve
. a tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends and having at the larger end a fixed ring pivoted to swing freely, installed at airports or elsewhere to indicate direction and approximate intensity. noun a truncated cone of textile mounted on a mast so that it is free to rotate about a vertical axis: […]