air pocketnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈeə ˌpɒk.ɪt/us/ˈer ˌpɑː.kɪt/an area in the sky where the air is flowing differently from the way it is in the surrounding parts. Air pockets can sometimes cause aircraft to go up or down suddenly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- draught
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- northeast
- northeasterly
- prevailing
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- wind gauge
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Examples from literature
- Research shows that ice crystals also signal the presence of air pockets.