air bubble (noun)

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• air-bubble — airˈ bubble noun A bubble of air, specif one causing a spot on a photograph • • • Main Entry: ↑air …   Useful english dictionary

• air bubble — noun a bubble of air • Hypernyms: ↑bubble …   Useful english dictionary

• air bubble — noun A small pocket of air inside a solid, a liquid or surrounded by a colloid within a larger fluid environment …   Wiktionary

• bubble — ► NOUN 1) a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas. 2) an air or gas filled spherical cavity in a liquid or a solidified liquid such as glass. 3) a transparent domed cover. ► VERB 1) (of a liquid) be agitated by rising bubbles of air… …   English terms dictionary

• air bell — noun 1. : an air bubble 2. : an undeveloped spot on a negative or print caused by the adherence of an air bubble to the film surface during development * * * Glassmaking. an air bubble formed in glass during blowing and often retained as a… …   Useful english dictionary

• air lock — noun a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure • Syn: ↑airlock • Hypernyms: ↑chamber * * * noun 1. : an air space with two airtight doors or openings for permitting entrance to or exit from a sealed off space under… …   Useful english dictionary

• air embolism — noun 1. obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving • Syn: ↑aeroembolism, ↑gas embolism • Hypernyms: ↑embolism 2. pain… …   Useful english dictionary

• air twist — noun : a decorative spiral of air in the stem of a glass vessel formed during blowing and manufacture * * * air twisted, adj. a serpentine motif within the stem of a goblet, produced by extending and twisting an air bubble during glass blowing.… …   Useful english dictionary

• air-bell — airˈ bell noun An air bubble • • • Main Entry: ↑air …   Useful english dictionary

• bubble level — noun A tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid and an air bubble, used to determine if a surface is level horizontally, vertically, or at a 45 degree angle. Syn: spirit level …   Wiktionary

• bubble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. globule, blob. See rotundity, deception. v. i. effervesce, boil, gurgle. See agitation, transientness, water. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. globule, sac, air bubble, soap bubble, balloon, droplet, foam,… …   English dictionary for students