updraft
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈʌpˌdræft/
- Specialized
:
corriente ascendente
- As the hot air balloon ascended, it was lifted by a strong updraft in the cool morning air.
For example, spraying the upper layers of a hurricane with particles that absorb sunlight to warm up the air and thereby reduce the updraft.
- For example, spraying the upper layers of a hurricane with particles that absorb sunlight to warm up the air and thereby reduce the updraft.
Examples
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"A continual updraft of warm air created minor turbulence, but nothing the Egg's computer couldn't compensate for.
Fiction book (2000) -
"We'll see!" Aided by a weak updraft, Mirka climbed higher.
Fiction book (2001) -
Something light, being carried off in some updraft of air.
Fiction book (1997) -
Look at the updraft, the angle.
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But it only works for the updraft.
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Yeah, Tony, is it me, or has the main updraft shifted?
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You watch what the birds are doing, how they handle the updrafts.
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Children are tossing leaves into the updraft of a vent above the underground parking lot.
Fiction book (1992) -
The heat caused an updraft, and the smoke and ashes ascended almost vertically.
Fiction book (1999) -
The tall chimney so increases the updraft that the kiln no longer needs a motor and a fan to drive air through.
Synonyms
22
6.1
A rising current of warm air that birds and gliders use to go up
1
6.0
An upward movement of water or gas from below to the surface
1
4.8
An upward movement of air or water
1
7.7
A sudden strong rise of feeling or of liquid like water
A flow that moves upward in the air or toward the start of a river
A sudden upward movement of water or gas from underground
A sudden upward movement of water that can flood land
Antonyms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word updraft is simple: it joins up- 'up' and draft 'a current of air'. So an updraft is a current of air that moves upward, which is why birds, gliders and storms use it to rise.