airflow
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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
While it has been widely reported that the helicopters' exhaust scorches grass, Trump added Monday that the airflow is so powerful, the lawn actually "gets ripped out."
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Thanks to this work, we're able to be way ahead of airflow issues, predict what will happen, and configure ventilation controls in the right manner."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
I can't quite make a perfect seal, so there's airflow . . . getting colder now . . . getting pretty uncomfortable .
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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
Interference from airflows bouncing off the solid walls of the test section, one of the phenomena examined by Margery Hannah and Sam Katzoff in their 1948 report, was one of the limitations of ground-based testing.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
