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air pocket

Pronunciation:  ehr 'pâkit

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 Definition: [n]  a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
 
 See Also: atmospheric phenomenon

 

 

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 Related Terms: aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, airspace, bump, CAT, ceiling, crosswind, empty space, favorable wind, fog, front, head wind, high-pressure area, hole, ionosphere, jetstream, low-pressure area, overcast, pocket, roughness, soup, space, stratosphere, substratosphere, tail wind, tropopause, troposphere, trough, turbulence, visibility, visibility zero
 

 

 

 

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