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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

“As a longstanding Ebm-Papst customer, we have a deep appreciation for its integrated airflow technology, custom engineering expertise and talented team, which complement our expertise in mission-critical applications and market reach,” she added.

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

"We noticed our fan would go haywire at 5 Shaft. Some areas would show reduced or even reversed airflow during large rain events," Connot said.

From Science Daily ● 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

Interference from airflows bouncing off the solid walls of the test section, one of the phenomena examined by Margery Hannah and Sam Katzoff in their 1948 report, was one of the limitations of ground-based testing.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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