airflow
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of airflow
Example Sentences
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It looks like a hotel, except the airflow in each room is designed to be negative pressure, which can help prevent contaminated air from leaving the room.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
The trouble with this was that the abductor muscles are the ones that open the trachea, allowing airflow to the lungs.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
"Under normal circumstances, flies stop moving when exposed to strong airflow," said Saldes, now a science research specialist at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria and a former doctoral student at UTEP.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
"The airflow over that section is really, really important," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
One test required Mary to clamber onto the catwalk of the wind tunnel, measuring how rivets disrupted the airflow over a particular model.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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