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Noun
/ˈeərˌwā/,
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airways, plural;
  1. The passage by which air reaches a person's lungs

  2. A tube for supplying air to a person's lungs in an emergency

  3. A ventilating passage in a mine

  4. A recognized route followed by aircraft

  5. In names of airlines
    • - British Airways
  1. air passage: a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
  2. air lane: a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
  3. respiratory tract: the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
  4. airline: a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
  5. The pulmonary airway comprises those parts of the respiratory system through which air flows, conceptually beginning (on inhalation from the external environment) at the nose and mouth, and terminating in the alveoli. ...
  6. The Airway was an American microcar with two seats, made by Everett Miller and T. P. Hall between 1949 and 1950 in San Diego, California. It had an all-aluminum body and chassis and an air-cooled 10 hp (7 kW) Onan engine mounted at the back. ...
  7. In aviation, an airway is a designated route in the air. Airways are laid out between navigational aids such as VORs, NDBs and Intersections (NDB-based airways are rare in the United States, but are more common in much of the rest of the world).
  8. Airway was a musical ensemble based within the Los Angeles Free Music Society.
  9. (Airways (TV series)) Air Ways is an Australian factual television series broadcast on the Seven Network, narrated by Corrine Grant and produced by Lyndal Marks, the executive producer in charge of Border Security. ...
  10. (Airways) Tubes that carry air into and out of the lungs.
  11. (Airways) the passageways that air moves through while traveling in and out of the lungs during breathing
  12. (Airways) All passageways of the respiratory tract from mouth or nares down to and including respiratory bronchioles. To be contrasted with AIR SPACES.
  13. (Airways) The organs of the upper and lower respiratory tract that enable air to move into and out of the body.
  14. (Airways) another term for the bronchial tubes in the lung. ^32
  15. A space between roof insulation and roof boards provided for movement of air.
  16. a control area in the form of a corridor, normally 10 nautical miles wide, delineated by navigation aids (eg beacons).
  17. a pre-planned air route that's utilized by passenger and cargo aircraft under the positive control of a PILOT, which is equipped with beacon lights or radio beams, and has provisions for emergency landings in the continental United States (CONUS); also called AIR LANE; see ORBIT, VECTOR, ...
  18. This term is used on our web site to describe the air passages in the nose and throat, leading to the lungs.
  19. airplanes can follow designated routes, defined by ground-based navigation devices. Such routes are termed "airways".
  20. Defined ways into the air. They are usually created with the help of navigational aid.
  21. Any underground gallery or passage through which a portion of the ventilation passes, that is, the air is carried. Sometimes referred to as an air course. Also called wind road.
  22. A path through the navigable air space identified by an area specified width on the surface of the earth designated or approved by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, now called the Air Transportation Office (ATO), as suitable for air commerce or air transportation. (Sec3(n), RA 776)
  23. A passageway that allows air to enter.
  24. A corridor of controlled airspace whose centerline is established by radio navigational aids.  Low altitude airways (between 3,000 and 18,000 feet Mean Sea Level) are identified by number with the letter V as a prefix. ...
  25. A term used to describe the path of air traveling from the mouth to the lungs (including the trachea and bronchi).