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AIR POCKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does air pocket mean?
• AIR POCKET (noun)
The noun AIR POCKET has 1 sense:
1. a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
Familiarity information: AIR POCKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("air pocket" is a kind of...):
atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)
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