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Definitions: Airstream |
AirstreamNoun1. A relatively well-defined prevailing wind. 2. The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Aerospace | = airflow. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AirstreamSynonyms: backwash (n), race (n), slipstream (n), wash (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Airstream |
| English words defined with "airstream": jet stream ♦ radiator. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "airstream": air separation, Air Stripping, airscoop ♦ Beien machine ♦ C.P. Hemborn dust extractor, contra-rotating axial fan, cyclone separator ♦ electronic filter ♦ horseshoe vortex ♦ In-Situ Stripping ♦ perimeter of airway ♦ Roheisenzunder process ♦ swinging-vane anemometer ♦ thermometer anemometer, tracer-gas technique ♦ wing fence. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Airstream (1993) | |
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Consumer Goods | |
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Health | This interrupts the airstream and produces a strained, hoarse, choppy voice. (references) | |
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| "Airstream" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Airstream" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "airstream"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | impaktion betyder,at en partikel paa grund af sin hoejere densitet ikke kan foelge luftstroemmens vekslende retning og derfor rammer vaeggen (and thus strikes the wall, impaction means that a particle cannot follow the numerous changes in direction of the airstream because of its greater density). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | impactie betekent, dat een deeltje door zijn grotere massa de sterk van richting veranderende luchtstroom niet kan volgen en dientengevolge tegen de wand wordt gestoten (and thus strikes the wall, impaction means that a particle cannot follow the numerous changes in direction of the airstream because of its greater density). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | veine fluide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fahrtwind. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | με τον όρο πρόσκρουση εννοούμε ότι ένα σωματίδιο λόγω της μεγαλύτερης πυκνότητάς του δεν μπορεί να παρακολουθήσει τις πολλα-πλές αλλαγές σ (and thus strikes the wall, impaction means that a particle cannot follow the numerous changes in direction of the airstream because of its greater density). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | impatto significa che una particella essendo di massa superiore, non puo' seguire i numerosi cambiamenti di direzione della corrente d'aria ed urta cosi contro la parete (and thus strikes the wall, impaction means that a particle cannot follow the numerous changes in direction of the airstream because of its greater density). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기류. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aer-streeu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | airstreamay impacto significa que uma partícula,devido sua densidade mais elevada,não pode seguir as numerosas mudanças de direcção da corrente aérea e deste modo embate contra a parede (and thus strikes the wall, impaction means that a particle cannot follow the numerous changes in direction of the airstream because of its greater density). (various references) воздушный поток (airflow). (various references) corriente de aire (air current, air flow, air stream, airflow, draft, draught). (various references) повітряний струмінь (air blast, wind), повітряний потік. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "airstream": airstreams. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-m-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: amirates. | |
-2 letters: amirate, amritas, aristae, armrest, artsier, asteria, atresia, erratas, imarets, maestri, marries, misrate, retrims, smarter, smartie, tamaris, tarries, tarsier, trimers. | |
-3 letters: aimers, airers, airest, amrita, arista, armers, armets, armies, arrest, artier, errata, imaret, irater, master, maters, matres, merits, misate, miseat, mister, miters, mitres, raiser, ramate, ramets, ramies, rarest, raster, raters, rearms, reatas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-m-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: airstreams, margarites. | |
+2 letters: transmarine. | |
+3 letters: ameliorators, arbitraments, arraignments, arteriograms, dramaturgies, fraternalism, magistrature, margraviates, matriarchies, parametrizes, transmigrate, ultramarines, ultrarealism. | |
+4 letters: bureaucratism, fraternalisms, magistratures, materializers, matriarchates, metrorrhagias, parameterizes, saccharimeter, transmigrated, transmigrates, ultrarealisms. | |
+5 letters: archimandrites, armamentariums, aromatherapies, aromatherapist, bureaucratisms, disarrangement, intermarriages, libertarianism, misappropriate, overdramatizes, quadrumvirates, reactionaryism, reaffirmations, rematerializes, sabermetrician, saccharimeters, tarsometatarsi, transformative. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 69 72 73 74 72 65 61 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .. .-. ... - .-. . .- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101001 01110010 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A i r s t r e a m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0069 0072 0073 0074 0072 0065 0061 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357584858684716779 |
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