What's the difference between air and fair?

Air


Definition:

  • (n.) The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
  • (n.) Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.
  • (n.) A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.
  • (n.) Any aeriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air.
  • (n.) Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
  • (n.) Odoriferous or contaminated air.
  • (n.) That which surrounds and influences.
  • (n.) Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
  • (n.) Intelligence; information.
  • (n.) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.
  • (n.) In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air.
  • (n.) The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air.
  • (n.) Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style.
  • (n.) An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs.
  • (n.) The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed.
  • (n.) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air.
  • (n.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
  • (n.) To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room.
  • (n.) To expose for the sake of public notice; to display ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion.
  • (n.) To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We attribute this in part to early diagnosis by computed tomography (CT), but a contributory factor may be earlier referrals from country centres to a paediatric trauma centre and rapid transfer, by air or road, by medical retrieval teams.
  • (2) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
  • (3) Sperm were examined at 4.5 h, 8 to 9 h, and 24 to 25 h of incubation (37 degrees C, 5% CO2, and 95% air).
  • (4) In the present study, respirometric quotients, the ratio of oral air volume expended to total volume expended, were obtained using separate but simultaneous productions of oral and nasal airflow.
  • (5) The manufacturers, British Aerospace describe it as a "single-seat, radar equipped, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft, providing comprehensive air defence and ground attack capability".
  • (6) By increasing luminal air pressure from 10 to 20 cm H2O a significant reduction in GBF was observed.
  • (7) The dangers caused by PM10s was highlighted in the Rogers review of local authority regulatory services, published in 2007, which said poor air quality contributed to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths each year.
  • (8) Do [MPs] remember the madness of those advertisements that talked of the cool fresh mountain air of menthol cigarettes?
  • (9) Enough with Clintonism and its prideful air of professional-class virtue.
  • (10) These data suggest that submaximal exercise and cold air exposure enhance nonspecific bronchial reactivity in asthmatic but not in normal subjects.
  • (11) The phenylalanine model allows the rapid assessment of whole body and muscle protein turnover from plasma samples alone, obviating the need for measurement of expired air CO2 production or enrichment.
  • (12) Age-specific MRs for the over-75-year age group were also not related to the winter air temperatures in the eight cities.
  • (13) They urged the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make air quality a higher priority and release the latest figures on premature deaths.
  • (14) Of great influence on the results of measurements are preparation and registration (warm-up-time, amplification, closeness of pressure-system, unhurt catheters), factors relating to equipment and methods (air-bubbles in pressure-system, damping by filters, continuous infusion of the micro-catheter, level of zero-pressure), factors which occur during intravital measurement (pressure-drop along the arteria pulmonalis, influence of normal breathing, great intrapleural pressure changes, pressure damping in the catheter by thrombosis and external disturbances) and last not least positive and negative acceleration forces, which influence the diastolic and systolic pulmonary artery pressure.
  • (15) Both eosin derivatives, however, inactivate acetylcholinesterase upon illumination of air-equilibrated samples of hemoglobin-free labeled ghosts.
  • (16) The biggest single source of air pollution is coal-fired power stations and China, with its large population and heavy reliance on coal power, provides $2.3tn of the annual subsidies.
  • (17) Rats were injected subcutaneously with 10 ml of air into the dorsal skin to make an air-pouch and with 2 ml of antiserum at an appropriate dilution for passive sensitization, and then 5 ml of air was removed.
  • (18) Of the other patients, four panicked with sodium lactate, none with 5% CO2, and one with room air hyperventilation.
  • (19) In presence of oxygen (air) the phototactic reaction values are somewhat lower than in its absence.
  • (20) In general, air from the mediastinum far more often enters the left pleural cavity than the right one.

Fair


Definition:

  • (superl.) Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.
  • (superl.) Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful.
  • (superl.) Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin.
  • (superl.) Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day.
  • (superl.) Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view.
  • (superl.) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
  • (superl.) Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement.
  • (superl.) Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc.
  • (superl.) Distinct; legible; as, fair handwriting.
  • (superl.) Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen.
  • (adv.) Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously; agreeably.
  • (n.) Fairness, beauty.
  • (n.) A fair woman; a sweetheart.
  • (n.) Good fortune; good luck.
  • (v. t.) To make fair or beautiful.
  • (v. t.) To make smooth and flowing, as a vessel's lines.
  • (n.) A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade.
  • (n.) A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair.
  • (n.) A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale; as, the Mechanics' fair; an agricultural fair.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As the percentage of rabbit feed is very small compared to the bulk of animal feeds, there is a fair chance that rabbit feed will be contaminated with constituents (additives) of batches previously prepared for other animals.
  • (2) To be fair to lads who find themselves just a bus ride from Auschwitz, a visit to the camp is now considered by many tourists to be a Holocaust "bucket list item", up there with the Anne Frank museum, where Justin Bieber recently delivered this compliment : "Anne was a great girl.
  • (3) Exposure to whole cigarette smoke from reference cigarettes results in the prompt (peak activity is 6 hrs), but fairly weak (similar to 2 fold), induction of murine pulmonary microsomal monooxygenase activity.
  • (4) Since he was created, he has appeared at several robotic fairs across China, but spends most of his time in deep meditation on an office shelf in Longquan.
  • (5) But employers who have followed a fair procedure may have the right to discipline or finally dismiss any smoker who refuses to accept the new rules.
  • (6) So is the mock courtroom promising “justice and fairness”.
  • (7) Reduced mineral absorption is fairly well documented and has sound theoretical support from basic chemistry.
  • (8) Eight of the UK's biggest supermarkets have signed up to a set of principles following concerns that they were "failing to operate within the spirit of the law" over special offers and promotions for food and drink, the Office of Fair Trading has said.
  • (9) Caries also developed in rats inoculated with reference S. mutans strains BHTR and FAIR (type b) that had been maintained in the laboratories for many years.
  • (10) The 61-year-old paid to transport prize-winning children to the fair in St Thomas and funded their accommodation.
  • (11) "We knew people would be interested in the announcement, but it's fair to say that the scale of the excitement, right across the world, took us all by surprise.
  • (12) Fairly frequently the patients complained about mucosal dryness and sporadically about dyspeptic symptoms, but these symptoms were not disturbing the course of the treatment.
  • (13) He would do the Telegraph crossword and, to be fair, would make intelligent conversation but he was a bit racist.
  • (14) The government also faced considerable international political pressure, with the United Nations' special rapporteur on torture, Juan Méndez, calling publicly on the government to "provide full redress to the victims, including fair and adequate compensation", and writing privately to David Cameron, along with two former special rapporteurs, to warn that the government's position was undermining its moral authority across the world.
  • (15) Everyone worked hard, but it is fair to pick out Willian because of his work-rate, quality on the ball, participation in the first goal and quality of the second.” It had been Willian’s fizzed cross, 11 minutes before the break, which Dragovic had nodded inadvertently inside Shovkovskiy’s near post to earn the hosts their initial lead.
  • (16) He always had a logical approach to his arguments and I would have described him as fair at the time.
  • (17) Progressive politics must also take into account fairness between, as well as within, generations.
  • (18) Gerson Zweifach, general counsel for both News Corp and 21st Century Fox , Murdoch’s film and TV business, said: “We are grateful that this matter has been concluded and acknowledge the fairness and professionalism of the Department of Justice throughout this investigation.” It is understood there has been no background settlement with the Department of Justice in order to avoid a full-blown investigation, contrary to speculation in New York over a year ago that the company was looking at a possible payment of over $850m.
  • (19) Nobody knows how often it happens but judging just from my inbox, it’s certainly not a rare occurrence and what struck me as I started to learn about the issue of health privacy is that employees are defenseless against things like this happening to them.” Fei said that she also received her fair share of emails saying: “What makes you think your baby was entitled to million dollars worth of care?
  • (20) It was found by this HPLC that the amino groups of PZP3 hardly reacted with FITC, whereas those of PZP1 and 2 fairly reacted, reflecting the organization of these families in the zona structure.

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