mid-air

noun

mid-air

noun

Etymology From mid- + air.

1

The middle of the air, as while in flight.

  • The dog ran, jumped, and caught the ball in mid-air.
  • The 44-metre landslip north of Hook left track hanging in mid-air as the clay embankment collapsed beneath it.2023 January 25, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Landslip wrecks London commuter services for 'weeks'”, in RAIL, number 975, page 8:

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