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Meaning of air mass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈɛː mas/

Definitions

A particular volume of air, especially one having a roughly uniform temperature, pressure and water vapour content.

Equivalents

Deutsch Luftmasse
Suomi ilmamassa
Français masse d'air
日本語 気団

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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