Expose+to+air

  • 21AIR — s. m. Fluide élastique, pesant, dont la masse totale forme l atmosphère qui enveloppe la terre de toutes parts. Air atmosphérique. L air est un composé d oxygène et d azote. L air est plus léger que l eau. La basse, la haute, la moyenne région de …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 22AIR — n. m. Fluide élastique, dont la masse totale forme l’atmosphère qui enveloppe la terre. Air atmosphérique. L’air est plus léger que l’eau. La basse, la haute, la moyenne région de l’air. Une colonne d’air. La pesanteur de l’air. La circulation de …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 23air — air1 airlike, adj. /air/, n. 1. a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere. 2. a stir in the atmosphere; a light breeze. 3. overhead space; sky: The planes filled the air. 4 …

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  • 24air — {{11}}air (n.1) c.1300, invisible gases that make up the atmosphere, from O.Fr. air atmosphere, breeze, weather (12c.), from L. aerem (nom. aer) air, lower atmosphere, sky, from Gk. aer (gen. aeros) air (related to aenai to blow, breathe ), of… …

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  • 25air — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin aer, from Greek aēr Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic breath b. the mixture of invisible odorless tasteless gases (as nitrogen and oxygen) that surrounds the …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26expose — exposable, adj. exposability, n. exposer, n. /ik spohz /, v.t., exposed, exposing. 1. to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one s character to attack. 2. to lay open to something specified: to expose… …

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  • 27expose — verb (T) 1 SHOW to show something that is usually covered: The wolf opened its mouth to expose a row of sharp white teeth. | expose sth to sth: Wounds that are exposed to the air heal more quickly. 2 TO STH DANGEROUS to put someone in a harmful… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28expose — /əkˈspoʊz / (say uhk spohz), /ɛk / (say ek ) verb (t) (exposed, exposing) 1. to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one s character to attack. 2. to lay open to something specified: to expose oneself… …

  • 29Air Force One — For the current aircraft, see Boeing VC 25. For other uses, see Air Force One (disambiguation). Air Force One SAM 28000, one of the two VC 25s used as Air Force One, above Mount Rushmore Air Force One is the official a …

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  • 30air — n. & v. n. 1 an invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen. 2 a the earth s atmosphere. b the free or unconfined space in the atmosphere (birds of the air; in the open air). c the atmosphere as a… …

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