midair

Definition

  • noun: a region in the air not close to the ground
  • noun: a point or region in the air not immediately adjacent to the ground
  • often used before another noun

Examples

  • We watched birds catching insects in 'midair'.

  • The two planes collided in 'midair'.

  • a 'midair' collision

Movie quotes

  • (..) we can see time ... ... in the speed of light or the speed of sound. The first test I saw was an exploding trash can. He froze the flames in midair and moved the camera around it. Bullet time was the technical hurdle. But the conceptual, you know ... (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited