air parcels
air parcels is the plural of air parcel.
Meaning of air parcel
Noun
air parcel (plural air parcels)
- An imaginary body of air to which may be assigned any or all of the basic dynamic and thermodynamic properties of atmospheric air. A parcel is large enough to contain a very great number of molecules, but small enough that the properties assigned to it are approximately uniform within it and so that its motions with respect to the surrounding atmosphere do not induce marked compensatory movements.
Questions about air parcels
- What is air parcels the plural of?
- Air parcels is the plural of air parcel.
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