What is "in the air"

Air \Air\ ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a["e]r, fr. Gr. 'ah`r, air, mist, for 'a[digamma]hr, fr. root 'a[digamma] to blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr. the same Latin word; and in senses 11, 12, 13 the French meaning is either fr. L. aria, or due to confusion with F. aire, in an older sense of origin, descent. Cf. A["e]ry, Debonair, Malaria, Wind.]

1. The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.

   Note: By the ancient philosophers, air was regarded as an element; but modern science has shown that it is essentially a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, with a small amount of carbon dioxide, the average proportions being, by volume: oxygen, 20.96 per cent.; nitrogen, 79.00 per cent.; carbon dioxide, 0.04 per cent. These proportions are subject to a very slight variability. Air also always contains some vapor of water.

2. Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile. ``Charm ache with air.''
   --Shak.

   He was still all air and fire. [Air and fire being the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and water.]
   --Macaulay .

3. A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.

4. Any a["e]riform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air. [Obs.]

5. Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.

   Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play.
   --Pope.

6. Odoriferous or contaminated air.

7. That which surrounds and influences.

   The keen, the wholesome air of poverty.
   --Wordsworth.

8. Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.

   You gave it air before me.
   --Dryden.

9. Intelligence; information. [Obs.]
   --Bacon.

10. (Mus.)

    1. A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.

    2. In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air.

11. The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air. ``His very air.''
    --Shak.

12. Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style. It was communicated with the air of a secret. --Pope. 12. pl. An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs. --Thackeray. 14. (Paint.)

    1. The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed.
       --New Am. Cyc.

    2. Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt. 15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse. Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a compound term. In most cases it might be written indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the first element of the compound term, with or without the hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder; air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump. Air balloon. See Balloon. Air bath.

       1. An apparatus for the application of air to the body.

       2. An arrangement for drying substances in air of any desired temperature. Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle. Air compressor, a machine for compressing air to be used as a motive power. Air crossing, a passage for air in a mine. Air cushion, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated; also, a device for arresting motion without shock by confined air. Air fountain, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by the force of compressed air. Air furnace, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and not on blast. Air line, a straight line; a bee line. Hence Air-line, adj.; as, air-line road. Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a pneumatic caisson. --Knight. Air port (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit air. Air spring, a spring in which the elasticity of air is utilized. Air thermometer, a form of thermometer in which the contraction and expansion of air is made to measure changes of temperature. Air threads, gossamer. Air trap, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap. Air trunk, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated air from a room. Air valve, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler and allows air to enter. Air way, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of an air pump; an air way in a mine. In the air.

          1. Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as rumors.

          2. Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.

    3. (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.

       on the air, currently transmitting; live; -- used of radio and television broadcasts, to indicate that the images and sounds being picked up by cameras and microphones are being broadcast at the present moment.

       Note: In call-in programs where individuals outside a radio or television studio have telephoned into the station, when their voice is being directly broadcast, the host of the program commonly states ``You're on the air.'' as a warning that the conversation is not private.

       To take air, to be divulged; to be made public.

       To take the air, to go abroad; to walk or ride out.

adv. In the surrounding ambience.

adv. on everybody's mind; "Christmas was in the air" [syn: in everyone's thoughts]

"In the Air" is a single from Australian dance music duo TV Rock featuring Rudy.

In The Air is the fifth album released by alternative country band The Handsome Family. It was released 2000 by Carrot Top Records (North America) / Loose Music (Europe) and comes as an enhanced audio CD with an additional video for the song "Amelia Earhart vs. The Dancing Bear" from Milk and Scissors (directed by Bill Ward).

"In the Air" is a single by British pop rapper Chipmunk, released as the second single from his second studio album Transition (2011). The song features American R&B singer Keri Hilson, and was released on 13 March 2011. "In the Air" follows up to the rapper's hit single " Champion", featuring American R&B singer Chris Brown, which peaked at #2 in the United Kingdom.

In the Air may refer to:

• In the Air (The Handsome Family album), 2000
• In the Air (Morgan Page album), 2012
• "In the Air" (TV Rock song), 2010
• "In the Air" (Chipmunk song), 2011
• In the Air (Anika Moa song), 2010
• "In the Air" (True Tiger song), 2011
• In the Air (Mc Shep Rap), 1993

"In the Air" is a song by producer and DJ group True Tiger, featuring British singer Maverick Sabre and British rapper Professor Green. The track was released on 12 June 2011 as a digital download in the United Kingdom. A music video to accompany the release of "In the Air" was first released onto YouTube on 19 May 2011; at a total length of three minutes and twenty-five seconds.

In the Air is the third studio album by American progressive house DJ Morgan Page released on April 3, 2012 by Nettwerk.