air

Noun

air ((uncountable and countable; plural: airs)

1. (uncountable, physics, meteorology) The mixture of gases comprising the earth"s atmosphere.
2. (uncountable, alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
3. A feeling or sense.

   ...to give it an air of artistry and sophistication.

4. (obsolete) A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.

   1815 "He is very plain, undoubtedly--remarkably plain:--but that is nothing compared with his entire want of gentility. I had no right to expect much, and I did not expect much; but I had no idea that he could be so very clownish, so totally without air. I had imagined him, I confess, a degree or two nearer gentility." — Jane Austen, Emma, Volume I, Chapter 4.

5. (usually plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
6. (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria.

   1813 "If I," said Mr. Collins, "were so fortunate as to be able to sing, I should have great pleasure, I am sure, in obliging the company with an air; for I consider music as a very innocent diversion, and perfectly compatible with the profession of a clergyman..." — Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 18.

7. (uncountable) An air conditioner or the processed air it produces.

   Could you turn on the air?

8. (obsolete),(chemistry) Any specific gas

3 letters in word "air": A I R.

Anagrams of air:

• rai

• ria

Words found within air:

ai ar

• Definitions:
• a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the ... air travel: travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" the region above the ground; "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air" air out: expose to fresh air; "aerate your old sneakers" medium for radio and television broadcasting; "the program was on the air from 9 til midnight"; "the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people" breeze: a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" be broadcast; "This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M." broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance" publicize: make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" atmosphere: the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air" tune: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry; "Air linen" once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) vent: expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms" air(a): relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air; "air war"; "air safety"; "air travel"
• Air is a French music duo, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel.
• An Air movie, animated by Toei Animation, premiered in Japanese theaters on February 5 2005. It is a reinterpretation of the Air storyline by director Osamu Dezaki. The DVD was released in three editions, the Collector's Edition, the Special Edition, and the Regular Edition on August 5 2005.
• Air (French for "aria"; also ayr, ayre), a variant of the musical song form, is the name of various song-like vocal or instrumental compositions.
• Air, also known as Air: Or, Have Not Have, is a 2005 novel by Geoff Ryman. It won the British Science Fiction Award , the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and was on the short list for the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel in the novel category.
• Air was first introduced in anime form on November 17 2004, when a teaser DVD named Air ~prelude~ was produced containing interviews with the cast, clean opening and ending sequences, and promotional footage of the anime itself. It was a limited edition DVD, with only 20,000 copies produced. ...
• AIR is a 2000 capacity superclub located in Digbeth, Birmingham in the UK. AIR originally started out life as a spray shop for buses, when in 2000 the building was bought by Godskitchen and converted into a club, originally named CODE. ...
• Air was a jazz trio founded in 1971 by saxophone player Henry Threadgill, double bassist Fred Hopkins and drummer Steve McCall. They combined radical free improvisation with a strong sense of tune and equal emphasis on each instrument in the group.
• Air is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key, and released on September 8 2000. The original version, first available on the PC, contains a minimal amount of adult-only content of a sexual nature. Subsequent clean versions were sold playable on the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2. ...
• AIR is a name under which Kurumatani Koji releases his songs. He started AIR two months after SPIRAL LIFE broke up in April 1996.
• Air is a steel flying coaster made by Bolliger & Mabillard of Switzerland. The coaster is located in the Forbidden Valley area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. ...
• Air is a text-based air combat mainframe computer game written in 1977 by Kelton Flinn and John Taylor. Air foreshadowed the first graphical MMOG, Air Warrior, which was released by the company Flinn and Taylor later founded, Kesmai. ...
• According to modern science, air (the atmosphere) is a mixture of many compounds, but in traditional cultures, air is often seen as a universal power or pure substance. ...
• Air at any pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
• Mixture of gases which composes the Earth's atmosphere.
• Large white areas in a design layout.
• an option that helps keep underlined text legible. An outline that is the color of the background ("air"), is applied to the letters of underlined text. When the color of the text and the underline is the same, the air keeps the text and underline from blending together.
• The mixture of gases that make up the earth's atmosphere. The principal gases that compose dry air are: Nitrogen (N 2 ) 78.09%; Oxygen (O 2 ) 20.946%; Argon (A) at 0.93%; and Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ) 0.033%. ...
• Airborne Imaging Radar.
• Poland has ten major airports (in decreasing order of traffic: Warsaw, Kraków, Katowice, Gda?sk, Wroc?aw, Pozna?, Szczecin, Rzeszów, Bydgoszcz and ?ód?), a total of 123 airports and airfields, as well as three heliports. ...
• A naturally occurring mixture of gases, chiefly nitrogen and oxygen with small amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, and water vapour. Air also usually contains dust and pollen.
• Air is a physical substance which has weight and is made up of molecules which are constantly moving. Moving air has a force that will lift kites and balloons up and down. Air is a mixture of different gases; oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
• One of the four elements considered in Astrological correspondence. Air is associated with mental processes and communication. Its season is autumn. The Air sign Triplicity: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.
• It.: "Aria". A simple tune.
• our atmosphere, as in: The air quality where I live is not very good. <gasp>
• A mixture of gases and aerosols that composes the atmosphere surrounding Earth. The primary gases of dry air are nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%). Trace gases and aerosols make up the remaining 1%. The trace gases include argon, neon, helium, krypton and xenon; hydrogen; and the greenhouse gases. ...
• So-called "pure" air is a mixture of gases containing about 78 percent nitrogen; 21 percent oxygen; less than 1 percent carbon dioxide, argon, and other gases; and varying amounts of water vapor.
• Birmingham International Airport - hire a car or arrange a taxi for the one hour journey to Chipping Campden.
• One tune or melody in a musical program.
• 1. Any pleasant, slow- or medium-paced tune that escapes other categories. 2. In general, any melody. 3. A form of madrigal (and properly spelled "ayre") that’s strophic - it has the same melody for each verse. 2. ...
• The air that we breathe is a mixture of gases. The composition of dry-air at sea level is shown below:
• A gas mixture containing 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and 1% other gasses (mainly argon); compressed air is used for recreational scuba diving.
• The hardening of bagged cement from being stored in damp conditions.
• Mixture of gases forming the earth's atmosphere, consisting of nitrogen (?78 percent), oxygen (?21 percent), water vapor, and other trace gases such as carbon dioxide, helium, argon, ozone, or various pollutants. ...
• The annual reporting form that provincial-program co-ops in Ontario send to government at the end of each year.
• A mix of gases that holds various amounts of particles and liquids at any given time. In our atmosphere, Nitrogen is the most abundant gas followed by Oxygen.
• (aria) The chief voice part or melody in choral music.
• one of the four elements that affect the signs of the zodiac, other elements include fire, earth and water

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