air hole : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: air hole	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for air hole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
air hole n a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly Synonym(s): air pocket, pocket, air hole a hole that allows the passage of air
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Air hole \Air hole\ (A[89]ronautics) A local region in the atmosphere having a downward movement and offering less than normal support for the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Air hole \Air" hole`\ (h[omac]l`). 1. A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over. 2. (Founding) A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.