airshed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of airshed
First recorded in 1910–15; air 1 + (water)shed
Example Sentences
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This means identifying the wider area where a city's pollution is produced -- its so-called "airshed."
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024
Lahore is in an airshed, an area where pollutants from industry, transportation and other human activities get trapped because of local weather and topography so they cannot disperse easily.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2024
That exposure would result in roughly 86 tons of additional dust entering the Salton Sea airshed per day.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency in 2018 designated the northern Wasatch Front airshed, which includes part of the Salt Lake City area, as being in violation of federal ozone standards.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021
On 19th April Captain Hawker dropped bombs on a German airshed from a height of only 200 feet.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward
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