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airflow

[air-floh] / ˈɛərˌfloʊ /


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At sites in extreme climates, or during a heat wave, chill airflow or water evaporation is still necessary.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The EV’s most distinguishing feature is its mouthless face that, needing to admit less cooling airflow, omits an upper grille opening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Other items have also been known to be inserted into a skinsuit around the chest area to smooth airflow around the body.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, the region’s sticky humidity is thanks to an airflow pattern bringing moist, tropical air to Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

“We’re ID, right? ID says hi. I don’t think you need to have a negative airflow room and all that.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

This method let them assess heat at the street level, where temperatures vary locally based on human activity, 3-D urban geometry and airflows.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 27, 2022

It includes all the engineering controls that keep the scientists and their surroundings safe: enclosed, ventilated workspaces called biosafety cabinets, directional airflows and anterooms to control air movement inside the lab.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2021

Or you could just think like a bug: architects are mimicking the natural cooling airflows of termite burrows.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2020

“The constant swirling airflows reduce pressure from fungus. And we have exposure for days.”

From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2018

Aerodynamic equations describing transonic airflows might contain as many as thirty-five variables.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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