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Noun: air current
  1. Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
    "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere";
    - wind, current of air

Derived forms: air currents

Type of: atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition

Encyclopedia: Air current