air pocket

English

Noun

air pocket (plural air pockets)

a local region of low atmospheric pressure, or a local downward current; especially one that causes an aircraft to lose height suddenly

Translations

a local region of low atmospheric pressure, or a local downward current

Finnish: ilmakuoppa (fi)
French: trou d'air (fr) m
German: Luftloch (de) n

Russian: возду́шная я́ма f (vozdúšnaja jáma)
Spanish: (región de) corriente descendente

See also

clear-air turbulence

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