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air·speed (-spēd′)

noun

the speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it moves rather than to the ground: airspeed equals groundspeed if in still air

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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