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Definition of Light air
1. Noun. Wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 on the Beaufort scale.
Definition of Light air
1. Noun. (context: meteorology nautical) A light wind with wind speed between 0,3 and 1,5 m/s; a Force 1 wind strength on the Beaufort scale. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Light Air
Literary usage of Light air
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"Light, air, and water.—Thus, too, the benefit of the elements, the light, the
air, and the water can only be appropriated by occupancy. ..."
2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"... necessary to consider them at some length, devoting special attention to the
influence which light, air, and moisture exert, separately and conjointly. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Eminent Domain in the United States by John Lewis (1900)
"... they affect the value of the property.89 In New York it is held that nothing
can be considered but what affects the easements of light, air and access, ..."
4. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1916)
"Interference with Light, Air, and View.—The obstruction of an abutting owner's
easement of light and air is generally held to constitute special damage or ..."
5. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution: And Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1874)
"... cannot be exclusively and wholly appropriated: as, light, air, running water.
.... light air ..."
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