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airflow

[air-floh] / ˈɛərˌfloʊ /


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Warm spells at the end of September are fairly usual as the UK can still get hot air transported from southern Europe or North Africa with any southerly airflow.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Headquartered in Mulfingen, Germany, Ebm-Papst supplies high-performance airflow technologies, as well as integrated electronically commutated fan and motor systems, according to Madison Air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, the region’s sticky humidity is thanks to an airflow pattern bringing moist, tropical air to Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

While it has been widely reported that the helicopters' exhaust scorches grass, Trump added Monday that the airflow is so powerful, the lawn actually "gets ripped out."

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

Because each point in the airflow was dependent on the others, an error made in one part of the series would cause an error in all the others.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

This method let them assess heat at the street level, where temperatures vary locally based on human activity, 3-D urban geometry and airflows.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 27, 2022

It includes all the engineering controls that keep the scientists and their surroundings safe: enclosed, ventilated workspaces called biosafety cabinets, directional airflows and anterooms to control air movement inside the lab.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2021

Or you could just think like a bug: architects are mimicking the natural cooling airflows of termite burrows.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2020

“The constant swirling airflows reduce pressure from fungus. And we have exposure for days.”

From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2018

Aerodynamic equations describing transonic airflows might contain as many as thirty-five variables.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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