On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Airmass. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Airmass in a sentence
Airmass meaning
The amount of air through which light from a celestial object passes, normalized to 1 for an object at zenith.
Using Airmass
- The main meaning on this page is: The amount of air through which light from a celestial object passes, normalized to 1 for an object at zenith.
- In the example corpus, airmass often appears in combinations such as: continental airmass, airmass ct, airmass will.
Context around Airmass
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Airmass
- In this selection, "airmass" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, continental, maritime, hot, compared, prevails and instability stand out and add context to how "airmass" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a drier airmass prevails over and a hot airmass will move. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "airmass" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with airmass
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A hot airmass will move into the area, leading to increased temperatures and humidity. (14 words)
This airmass dominates Nigeria's climate during the dry season from December to March. (14 words)
The same tropical airmass could produce a few more funnel clouds on Thursday as well. (15 words)
This wind (the Tropical Maritime Airmass) invades the country from February in the southern part of Nigeria while it takes longer for the wind to fully cover the whole of the country, reaching the northern part of Nigeria in June. (40 words)
The sun's rays enters into the atmosphere of Nigeria more intense than it does during the presence of the Tropical continental airmass, which contained dust (in form of haze) that reduced the intensity of the sun. (37 words)
Residual moisture along an old front will linger over the Big Island and creep slowly back to the northwest across Maui County through Tuesday, while a drier airmass prevails over the rest of the state. (35 words)
Example sentences (17)
A hot airmass will move into the area, leading to increased temperatures and humidity.
A bitterly cold late-season airmass will move in Labrador West on Monday, and on top of that, a little potent low-pressure center is going to bring some snow to the area.
An Arctic maritime airmass that was already over northern Britain has spread southwards into the rest of the UK on Tuesday, in wake of an Atlantic low clearing into northwestern Europe.
Humidex values will again be low as we are into a more comfortable airmass compared to what we were dealing with last week.
Residual moisture along an old front will linger over the Big Island and creep slowly back to the northwest across Maui County through Tuesday, while a drier airmass prevails over the rest of the state.
The same tropical airmass could produce a few more funnel clouds on Thursday as well.
Generally, thunderstorms require three conditions to form: moisture, an unstable airmass, and a lifting force (heat).
However, with sufficient airmass instability, upward-growing cumuliform clouds can grow to high towering proportions.
The dust haze creates an almost desert conditions in the country during the dominance of the Tropical continental airmass (the harmattan).
The haze is as a result of the dust within the airmass limiting visibility and blocking much of the sun's rays from reaching the earth.
The sun's rays enters into the atmosphere of Nigeria more intense than it does during the presence of the Tropical continental airmass, which contained dust (in form of haze) that reduced the intensity of the sun.
The Tropical continental airmass (CT) finally retreats from most part of Nigeria, and the West African atmosphere around April to May, leaving an empty atmosphere over Nigeria.
The Tropical continental airmass (CT) from the Sahara Desert in the northern part of West Africa, is weakened due to the overheating of the land surface in west Africa and Nigeria at this time.
The Tropical continental airmass is dusty and creates a haze within the atmosphere of west Africa and Nigeria when it predominates.
This airmass dominates Nigeria's climate during the dry season from December to March.
This transfer of heat in the Tropical continental airmass (CT) in turn, causes the wind to expand and become lighter as this is the normal behaviour for winds moving above intensely heated grounds.
This wind (the Tropical Maritime Airmass) invades the country from February in the southern part of Nigeria while it takes longer for the wind to fully cover the whole of the country, reaching the northern part of Nigeria in June.
Common combinations with airmass
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: