Air pocket

Definition of Air pocket

Air´ pock´et   Pronunciation: pǒk´ĕt
1.(aeronautics) A local region in the atmosphere having a downward movement and offering less than normal support for the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine, causing an airplane to drop suddenly. Same as air hole.

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CAT, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, airspace, bump, ceiling, crosswind, empty space, favorable wind, fog, front, head wind, high-pressure area, hole, ionosphere, jetstream, low-pressure area, overcast, pocket, roughness, soup, space, stratosphere, substratosphere, tail wind, tropopause, troposphere, trough, turbulence, visibility, visibility zero
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