mid-air

See also: midair

English

Alternative forms

• midair

Etymology

From mid- +‎ air.

Noun

mid-air (uncountable)

1. The middle of the air, as while in flight.

   The dog ran, jumped, and caught the ball in mid-air.

   • 2023 January 25, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Landslip wrecks London commuter services for 'weeks'”, in RAIL, number 975, page 8:

     The 44-metre landslip north of Hook left track hanging in mid-air as the clay embankment collapsed beneath it.

Translations

middle of the air

• Arabic: جَوّ m (jaww)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中天 (zung¹ tin¹)

  Mandarin: 半空 (zh) (bànkōng), 中天 (zh) (zhōngtiān)

• Finnish: ilmassa (fi), lennosta
• Italian: mezz'aria m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: i lufta
• Russian: в во́здухе (ru) (v vózduxe), на лету́ (ru) (na letú)
• Turkish: havada

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• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 譜 (ja) (ちゅう chū)

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