"air mass" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛː mas/ [UK], /ɛəɹ mæs/ [US], /ɛːɹ mæs/ [US] Forms: air masses [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps a calque of German Luftmasse. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Luftmasse|nocap=1}} calque of German Luftmasse Head templates: {{en-noun}} air mass (plural air masses)
  1. (meteorology) A particular volume of air, especially one having a roughly uniform temperature, pressure and water vapour content. Wikipedia link: en:air mass, en:air mass (disambiguation) Categories (topical): Meteorology Synonyms: airmass Translations ((meteorology) a particular volume of air): massa d'aire [feminine] (Catalan), 氣團 (Chinese Mandarin), 气团 (qìtuán) (Chinese Mandarin), ilmamassa (Finnish), masse d’air [feminine] (French), Luftmasse [feminine] (German), légtömeg (Hungarian), 気団 (Japanese), luftmasse [masculine] (Norwegian), masă de aer [feminine] (Romanian)

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