air mass
noun/ˈɛː mas/UK/ɛəɹ mæs/US
Etymology
Perhaps a calque of German Luftmasse.
- derived from Luftmasse
Definitions
A particular volume of air, especially one having a roughly uniform temperature, pressure…
A particular volume of air, especially one having a roughly uniform temperature, pressure and water vapour content.
- After a 227-day drought ending with December temperatures above 90, a polar air mass collided with a wave of damp tropical air, condensed it in seven days of cloudburst.
- The mercury has been soaring in the state since the weekend because of an air mass hovering over Queensland.
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