light air

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   wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 on the Beaufort scale

   Broaderbreeze

   Part ofBeaufort scale

Questions about light air

What does light air mean?

light air means "wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 on the Beaufort scale".

Is light air a common word?

light air is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.