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单词 airflow
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airflow

[ air-floh ]
/ ˈɛərˌfloʊ /
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noun

the air flowing past or through a moving body, as an airplane or automobile.

Origin of airflow

First recorded in 1910–15; air1 + flow

Words nearby airflow

air express, airfare, airfield, air filter, air fleet, airflow, airfoil, Air Force, Air Force Cross, Air Force One, airframe
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for airflow

  • To improve indoor airflow in public buildings, experts at the Yale School of Public Health recommend switching off sensor-based ventilation to more constantly flush air.

    CDC says airborne transmission plays a role in coronavirus spread in a long-awaited update after a website error last month|Lena H. Sun, Ben Guarino|October 5, 2020|Washington Post
  • Because there’s no gravity aboard the ISS to draw waste away from the body, the toilets must be designed to use directed airflow instead of gravity.

    NASA is preparing to send its $23 million toilet to space|Rachael Zisk|September 29, 2020|Popular Science
  • That person infected nine others that night, and an analysis of airflow patterns suggests that viruses were propelled as far as 20 feet by an air conditioning unit.

    What you need to know about the airborne transmission of COVID-19|Jonathan Lambert|July 7, 2020|Science News
  • Bummer, man: after seven “joint-years,” the airflow increase goes into reverse.

    Is Pot Good for Lungs? New Marijuana Study Adds to Health-Effects Debate|Anneli Rufus|January 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for airflow

airflow
/ (ˈɛəˌfləʊ) /

noun

the flow of air in a wind tunnel or past a moving aircraft, car, train, etc; airstream
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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