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Air is the part of Earth's atmosphere
Earth's atmosphere

The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth that is retained by the Earth's gravity. Dry air contains roughly 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.038% Carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, and trace amounts of other gases....
that humans breathe and as such one of the four classical elements
Air (classical element)

In traditional cultures, air is often seen as a universal power or pure substance. Its fundamental importance to life can be seen in words such as aspire, conspire, inspire, perspire, and spirit, all derived from the Latin spirare ....
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Music

Air (music)
Air (music)

Air , a variant of the musical song form, is the name of various song-like vocal or instrumental compositions.Popular examples include the Air from the Orchestral suites , BWV 1068 , or the Air with variations, BWV 988, a baroque Keyboard instrument work, both composed by J....
, French for aria, various song-like vocal or instrumental compositions

Air on the G String
Air on the G String

The "Air on the G String" is an adaptation by August Wilhelmj of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Air ". The air is usually played slowly and freely, and features an intertwining harmony and melody....
, the most notable and famous version of these songs

Air de cour
Air de cour

The Air de cour was a popular type of secular vocal music in France in the very late Renaissance music and early Baroque music period, from about 1570 until around 1650....
, secular vocal music in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period

Albums

Air (album)
Air (album)

Air is the debut album of the band Agua de Annique formed by the former The Gathering vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen. The album is a pop/rock oriented album and was released in 2007....
, the debut album of the band Agua de Annique
Agua de Annique

Agua de Annique is a solo project of Anneke van Giersbergen, the former vocalist of The Gathering ....

Artists

Air (band)
Air (band)

Air is a France music duo, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Beno?t Dunckel. The name AIR is a backronym for which translates to Love, Imagination, Dream....
, a French electronic music duo
Air (Japanese band)
Air (Japanese band)

AIR is a name under which Kurumatani Koji releases his songs. He started AIR two months after SPIRAL LIFE broke up in April 1996. His music is often an inspiration for other artists, and his work is noted for lyrics that take on social issues and politics and can be classified as alternative rock....
, a Japanese band
Air (jazz group)
Air (jazz group)

Air was a free jazz trio founded in 1971 by saxophone player Henry Threadgill, double bassist Fred Hopkins and drummer Steve McCall . They combined radical free improvisation with a strong sense of tune and equal emphasis on each instrument in the group....
, a jazz trio founded in 1971

Literature

Air (comics)
Air (comics)

This article is about the western comicbook. For information about the manga with the same name, see Air .Air is an ongoing series comic book series published by DC Comics as part of the Vertigo imprint....
, a comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics
Air (novel)
Air (novel)

Air, also known as Air: Or, Have Not Have, is a 2005 novel by Geoff Ryman. It won the BSFA award , the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, and the Arthur C....
, a novel by Geoff Ryman

Videogames

Air (1977 video game), an air combat based mainframe computer game
Air (visual novel), a 2000 Japanese visual novel

Air (film)
Air (film)

Air is a 2005 in film Japanese Anime directed by Osamu Dezaki and written by Makoto Nakamura based on the Air by Key . Originally, the movie was set for a release date in autumn 2004, but was delayed; the movie finally premiered in Japanese theaters on February 5, 2005....
, an adaptation of the visual novel
Air (anime), an anime adaption

Other

MacBook Air
MacBook Air

The MacBook Air is a Macintosh notebook computer designed by Apple Inc.. It is positioned as the ultraportable in Apple's MacBook family and was introduced at the Macworld Conference & Expo on January 15, 2008....
, an Apple laptop
Air (roller coaster)
Air (roller coaster)

Air is a Steel roller coaster flying roller coaster roller coaster located in the Alton Towers#Forbidden Valley area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England....
, a flying roller coaster at Alton Towers theme park in the United Kingdom
A range of snowboarding
Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
tricks consisting of a jump without rotation
Aïr Mountains
Aïr Mountains

The A?r Mountains is a triangular massif, located in northern Niger, within the Sahara desert. Part of the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands Ecoregion, they rise to more than 6,000 ft and extend over 84 000 km?....
, a massif
Massif

In geology, a massif is a section of a planet's Crust that is demarcated by geologic faults or flexures. In the Plate tectonics, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole....
in northern Niger
Air conditioning
Air conditioning

An air conditioner is an appliance, system, or Mechanism designed to extract heat from an area via a refrigeration cycle. In construction, a complete system of heating, Ventilation , and air conditioning is referred to as "HVAC." Its purpose, in a building or an automobile, is to provide comfort during either hot or cold...
, any form of cooling, heating, ventilation or disinfection that modifies the condition of air
Air, a common colloquialism for a broadcast
Broadcasting

Broadcasting is distribution of Sound and/or video Signalling s which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large sub-audience, such as children or young adults....
Air Jordan
Air Jordan

Air Jordan, known colloquially as Air Jordans, Jordans, "Jay's", "Js", or "MJs" are a brand of shoes produced by Nike, Inc which was designed for and endorsed by professional basketball player Michael Jordan....
, a popular brand of basketball shoes
"Airs" above the ground, a term used in dressage
Dressage

Dressage is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to the Equestrian at the Summer Olympics....

AIR may refer to:

Adobe Integrated Runtime
Adobe Integrated Runtime

Adobe AIR is a cross-platform runtime environment for building rich Internet applications using Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, HTML, or Ajax , that can be deployed as a application software....
or Adobe AIR, a runtime environment for rich Internet applications
All India Radio
All India Radio

File:AIR FM Tower Mangalore 0203.jpgAll India Radio , officially known as Akashvani is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati , an autonomous corporation of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India....
, radio broadcast service in India
All India Radio (band)
All India Radio (band)

All India Radio are an Australian electronic band. The music is lo-fi, down tempo and instrumental. Part live band, part studio-based project, All India Radio have released 5 albums: The Inevitable , 002 , All India Radio , Permanent Evolutions , Echo Other , and These Winter Dreams ....
, an Australian electronic band
"A.I.R.", a song from the Anthrax album Spreading the Disease
Spreading the Disease

Spreading the Disease is the second studio album by United States Heavy metal music band Anthrax and the first with vocalist Joey Belladonna and bassist Frank Bello....
Atmospheric Isotope Reservoir, a stable isotope
Stable isotope

Stable isotopes are chemical Isotope that are not radioactive . By this definition, there are 256 known stable isotopes of the 80 elements which have one or more stable isotopes....
standard to compare ¹⁵N/¹⁴N
Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element that has the symbol N and atomic number 7 and atomic mass 14.00674?. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78% by volume of Earth's atmosphere....
isotopes in permille
Permille

A per mil or per mille is a tenth of a percent or one part per thousand. It is written with the sign ? ., which looks like a percent sign with an extra zero at the end....
(‰).
Air injection reactor
Air injection reactor

Theory and originsSecondary air injection is an automobile emissions control strategy introduced in 1966, wherein fresh air is injected into the exhaust stream....
, a very early automobile emissions control system
Air-to-air rocket
Air-to-air rocket

An air-to-air rocket or air interception rocket is an unguided projectile fired from aircraft to engage other flying targets. They were used briefly in World War I to engage enemy observation balloons and in and after World War II to engage enemy bombers....
or air interception rocket, an unguided projectile fired from aircraft to engage other flying targets
AIR (program)
AIR (program)

AIR is a program suite for volume-based constructed by Roger P. Woods from UCLA School of Medicine.It reads and writes Analyze volume files and can work with 4x4 transformation matrix stored in its own file format with the filename extension “air”....
, a program suite for medical image registration
AIR (nightclub)
AIR (nightclub)

AIR is a 2,000 capacity superclub located in Digbeth, Birmingham in England. AIR originally started out life as a spray shop for buses, when in 2000 the building was bought by Godskitchen and converted into a club, originally named CODE....
, a 2000 capacity superclub located in Digbeth, Birmingham in the UK
Associated Independent Recording
Associated Independent Recording

Associated Independent Recording , an independent recording company, was founded in London in 1965 by Beatles producer George Martin and his partner John Burgess after their departure from EMI....
(AIR), an audio recording facility based in London
AIR, Australian Institute of Radiography, a professional organisation representing medical radiation scientists in Australia
AIR, the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for AAR Corporation
AAR Corporation

AAR CORP. is an aviation support company. Founded in 1951, AAR provides a broad range of products and services to commercial airlines, defense organizations and OEM's....
AIR, the National Rail code for Airbles railway station
Airbles railway station

Airbles railway station serves the Airbles area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is located near Motherwell College and Fir Park stadium, home of Motherwell F.C....
Annals of Improbable Research
Annals of Improbable Research

The Annals of Improbable Research is a bi-monthly magazine devoted to scientific humor, in the form of a Satire take on the standard academic journal....
, a bi-monthly magazine devoted to scientific humour
Australian Independent Recordings
USSR aircraft series by Yakovlev
Yakovlev

A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau JSC is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer . It was formed in 1934 under designer Alexander Sergeevich Yakovlev as OKB-115 , but the birthday is considered on 12 May 1927, the day of maiden flight of the AIR-1 aircraft developed within the Department of Light Aircraft of GUAP under the supervision of A.S....
, stands for Alexei Ivanovitch Rykov
Alexei Rykov

Alexei Ivanovich Rykov was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and Soviet Union politician, Soviet head of the government from between 1924 to 1930....
, one of the communist leaders
Art Is Resistance, an organization in the Year Zero ARG
, Aeronautic Innovation Felix Ruehle + Partner. Innovative Products and Engineering for Pilots and Producers.

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