air pocket

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

air pocket (plural air pockets)

A local region of low atmospheric pressure, or a local downward current; especially one that causes an aircraft to lose height suddenly.

Translations[edit]

a local region of low atmospheric pressure, or a local downward current

Cornish: pocket ayr m
Finnish: ilmakuoppa (fi)
French: trou d’air (fr) m
German: Luftloch (de) n
Russian: возду́шная я́ма (ru) f (vozdúšnaja jáma)
Spanish: (región de) corriente descendente

See also[edit]

clear-air turbulence

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