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light air

–noun Meteorology.
a wind of 1–3 mph (0.5–1.3 m/sec).

Origin:
1795–1805
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light air  
n.  A wind with a speed of from 1 to 3 knots (1.15 to 3.5 miles per hour; 1.9 to 5.6 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.
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