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Definition of airstream

airstream

/ˈɛərˌstriːm/
air · stream
Plural:airstreams
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airstream Lexical Profile

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• noun

1

A moving current of air, especially one encountered by an aircraft in flight or studied as a large-scale atmospheric flow in meteorology.

Example

"A cold polar airstream swept southward across the continent, bringing freezing temperatures and heavy snow."

2

In phonetics, a flow of air through the vocal tract used to produce speech sounds.

Example

"Fricative consonants are produced by forcing the airstream through a narrow channel in the vocal tract."

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Airstream. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/airstream
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