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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Air pocket

/(pŏk"ĕt)/ · Air· pock·et · IPA
01 A local region in the atmosphere having a downward movement and offering less than normal support for the sustaining surfaces of a flying m…
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    A local region in the atmosphere having a downward movement and offering less than normal support for the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine, causing an airplane to drop suddenly. Same as air hole.(aeronautics) Also: air hole