puff of air

  • 1puff of air — noun a short light gust of air • Syn: ↑puff, ↑whiff • Derivationally related forms: ↑whiff (for: ↑whiff), ↑puffy (for: ↑puff) …

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  • 2puff — Synonyms and related words: Aqua Lung, Danish pastry, French pastry, PR, acknowledgment, add to, adulate, advertise, advertisement, advocate, aggrandize, amplify, apotheosize, appreciation, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze,… …

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  • 3puff — n. & v. n. 1 a a short quick blast of breath or wind. b the sound of this; a similar sound. c a small quantity of vapour, smoke, etc., emitted in one blast (went up in a puff of smoke). 2 a cake etc. containing jam, cream, etc., and made of light …

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  • 4puff — ● puff nom masculin (anglais puff, d origine onomatopéique) Toute modification de structure observée sur les chromosomes polytènes et témoignant de la synthèse d A.R.N. messager. (Les puffs correspondent à des bandes uniques dans lesquelles l A.D …

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  • 5Air pollution dispersion terminology — describes the words and technical terms that have a special meaning to those who work in the field of air pollution dispersion modeling. Governmental environmental protection agencies (local, state, province and national) of many countries have… …

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  • 6PUFF-PLUME — is a model used to help predict how air pollution disperses in the atmosphere. It is a Gaussian atmospheric transport chemical/radionuclide dispersion model that includes wet and dry deposition, real time input of meteorological observations and… …

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  • 7Puff — may refer to:In foods with high air content: *Puffed grain *Puff pastry *Cocoa Puffs *Cream puff, profiteroleIn low density objects: *Powder puff, face powder applicator *Puffs, a brand of facial tissueIn animals: *Puffer, fish in family… …

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  • 8puff — [n1] blast of air breath, draft, drag, draught, draw, emanation, flatus, flurry, gust, pull, smoke, waft, whiff, wind, wisp; concepts 437,524 puff [n2] advertisement advertising, blurb*, boost*, buildup*, commendation, favorable mention, good… …

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  • 9Puff — Puff, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. {Buffet}.] 1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. To every puff of wind a… …

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  • 10Puff adder — Puff Puff, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. {Buffet}.] 1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. To every puff of wind a …

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