What is an air pocket

An isolated space containing trapped air, as in bread dough or a collapsed mine shaft.

A localized atmospheric condition, such as a downdraft, that causes an aircraft to lose altitude abruptly.

A downdraft or, sometimes, an updraft that can cause an aircraft to change altitude suddenly.

A sharp drop in the price of a stock or a futures or option contract in response to unexpected negative news gaps. Often air pockets are indicated on a price chart by a discrepancy between the previous day’s closing price and the next day’s price.

What is an air pocket

Air Pocket may refer to:

  • Air pocket, a local difference in air pressure in the atmosphere, potentially causing vertical draft
  • Air Pocket (album), a 1980 album by Roger Powell
  • Air Pocket (band), a jazz fusion band founded by the Fowler brothers
  • Focal lung pneumatosis
What is an air pocket

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(not in technical use) a nearly vertical air current that can cause an aircraft to experience a sudden change in altitude, usually a decrease.

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First recorded in 1910–15

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  • Yet another is as a completely enclosed space, such as an air pocket in Swiss cheese.

  • It swells up when wet, closing off air pockets and creating a watertight seal.

  • In birds, the medulla of the bone is full of air pockets, which help make birds light enough to fly.

  • Scrambled eggs, for example, have a lot of air pockets and may lose heat more quickly than something denser, like soup.

  • You may need to poke around with a narrow spatula or knife to get rid of air pockets.

  • And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.

  • Sprawled on chaise lounges with their knees high in the air and their legs spread wide.

  • Indeed, Lion Air, with 45 percent of the domestic Indonesian airline market, has swallowed the Fernandes formula whole.

  • There is a larger reason, beyond the airlines themselves, why Lion Air and 61 other Indonesian airlines are on this black list.

  • The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.

  • Bells were pealing and tolling in all directions, and the air was filled with the sound of distant shouts and cries.

    Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl

  • It is to be remembered, however, that a few of these bacteria may reach the sputum from the upper air-passages.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

  • We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various

  • He stood, with the air of a hero, both arms extended towards the amazed pair of lovers.

    The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

  • Their method of curing the leaves was to air-dry them and then packing them until wanted for use.

a localized region of low air density or a descending air current, causing an aircraft to suffer an abrupt decrease in height

any pocket of air that prevents the flow of a liquid or gas, as in a pipe

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