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airflow

[air-floh] / ˈɛərˌfloʊ /


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During the start to the week, the jet stream will be relatively weak and loop to the north of the UK, allowing higher pressure to develop and a warm south-westerly airflow to take hold.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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

I can't quite make a perfect seal, so there's airflow . . . getting colder now . . . getting pretty uncomfortable .

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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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