airshed

The definition of an airshed is a part of the geography that shares a common flow of air and that is exposed to the same things.

(noun)

The air around a power plant that is exposed to the same level of pollutants and that has common characteristics is an example of an airshed.

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See airshed in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a region sharing a common flow of air, which may become uniformly polluted and stagnant
  2. the air of this region

Origin: air + (water)shed

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