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CALM AIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
Synonyms:
calm; calm air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("calm air" is a kind of...):
air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)
Holonyms ("calm air" is a part of...):
Beaufort scale; wind scale (an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane))