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My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.
Jack McDevitt

Meaning of "airlock" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AIRLOCK

airlock  [ˈɛəˌlɒk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AIRLOCK

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conjunction
determiner
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Airlock is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AIRLOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

airlock

Airlock

An airlock is a device which permits the passage of people and objects between a pressure vessel and its surroundings while minimizing the change of pressure in the vessel and loss of air from it. The lock consists of a small chamber with two airtight doors in series which do not open simultaneously. An airlock may be used for passage between environments of different gases rather than different pressures, to minimize or prevent the gases from mixing. An airlock may also be used underwater to allow passage between an air environment in a pressure vessel and a water environment outside, in which case the airlock can contain air or water. This is called a floodable airlock or an underwater airlock, and is used to prevent water from entering a submersible vessel or an underwater habitat.

Definition of airlock in the English dictionary

The definition of airlock in the dictionary is a bubble in a pipe causing an obstruction or stoppage to the flow. Other definition of airlock is an airtight chamber with regulated air pressure used to gain access to a space that has air under pressure.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AIRLOCK


antilock
ˈæntɪˌlɒk
deadlock
ˈdɛdˌlɒk
fetlock
ˈfɛtˌlɒk
fetterlock
ˈfɛtəˌlɒk
firelock
ˈfaɪəˌlɒk
flintlock
ˈflɪntˌlɒk
forelock
ˈfɔːˌlɒk
genlock
ˈdʒɛnˌlɒk
gridlock
ˈɡrɪdˌlɒk
hair-lock
ˈheəˌlɒk
hammerlock
ˈhæməˌlɒk
headlock
ˈhɛdˌlɒk
hemlock
ˈhɛmˌlɒk
lovelock
ˈlʌvˌlɒk
Matlock
ˈmætˌlɒk
overlock
ˈəʊvəˌlɒk
padlock
ˈpædˌlɒk
sherlock
ˈʃɜːˌlɒk
warlock
ˈwɔːˌlɒk
ziplock
ˈzɪpˌlɒk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AIRLOCK

airiness
airing
airing cupboard
airless
airlessness
airlift
airlike
airline
airline pilot
airliner
airmail
airmail edition
airmail envelope
airmail letter
airmail paper
airmail stamp
airmail sticker
airman
airman first class
airmanship

WORDS THAT END LIKE AIRLOCK

block
building block
bullock
carlock
charlock
clock
digital clock
earlock
eight o´clock
flock
interlock
lock
oarlock
o´clock
on the block
overclock
the clock
unblock
unlock
white charlock

Synonyms and antonyms of airlock in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «airlock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AIRLOCK

Find out the translation of airlock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of airlock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «airlock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

气闸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esclusa
570 millions of speakers

English

airlock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

airlock
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غرفة معادلة الضغط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шлюз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

airlock
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

airlock
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Airlock
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Luftschleuse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エアロック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에어 록
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Airlock
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

airlock
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏர்லாக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Airlock
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hava kilidi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

camera di compensazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Śluza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шлюз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sas
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αεροκρουνό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

airlock
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

luftsluss
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

airlock
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of airlock

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AIRLOCK»

The term «airlock» is regularly used and occupies the 75.700 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AIRLOCK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about airlock

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2 QUOTES WITH «AIRLOCK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word airlock.
1
Mark Kelly
I'll be helping them getting suited up, getting them in the airlock, getting the airlock prepared, and getting them out the hatch, and then talking them through these three spacewalks.
2
Jack McDevitt
My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AIRLOCK»

Discover the use of airlock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to airlock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Airlock
Parker pulled a lever and the airlock door slid aside with a hiss. Ash and the Commander clicked the helmets of their suits into place. They both tapped the sides of their helmets and shook their heads. “Communicators aren't working,” said ...
Simon Cheshire, 2014
2
Parametric Model of a Lunar Base for Mass and Cost Estimates
requirement of spares, power requirement, and heat load can be determined using the equations " airlock ~~ f' airlock, modules " modules "* airlock, total ~ ft airlock ^ airlock TM spares, airlock ~ ? spares, airlock W airlock, total " airlock, total ...
Peter Eckart, 1996
3
Russian Spacesuits
the airlock is in the stowed position (the airlock's internal cavity is connected via a special valve to open space to exclude positive pressure inside the stowed airlock). Prepare for EVA: • verify the initial state and switch on the power supply to ...
Isaac Abramov, Isaak Pavlovich Abramov, Ingemar Skoog, 2003
4
Analogs for Planetary Exploration
Figure 4 shows the interior of the airlock from above and from the inside of the habitat. In addition to upgrading the airlock, a custom-fitted mat with a smooth surface was used to line the bottom of the airlock interior and catch any material that ...
W. Brent Garry, Jacob E. Bleacher, 2011
5
Cleanroom Technology: Fundamentals of Design, Testing and ...
The correct method of packaging variesa greatdeal and depends on the items being packaged, their use, and thedesign ofthe materials airlock. It will therefore be necessary for cleanroom management to specify suitable packaging materials  ...
William Whyte, 2011
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Airlock
This is called a floodable airlock or an underwater airlock, and is used to prevent water from entering a submersible vessel or an underwater habitat.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
7
Fluidized Conveying of Seed
Actually, breakage figures for beans are made up of three components: initial ( present in test lot as received); airlock (induced in passage through airlock) ; and transport (attributed to the actual conveying) . Of these components, initial is ...
Norman Robert Brandenburg, Jesse Edward Harmond, 1964
8
Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story
Leaving the Multiple Docking Adapter and heading farther down into Skylab, one would next come into the Airlock Module, the function of which was very aptly described by its name. Joining the mda and the Airlock Module together was the  ...
David Hitt, Owen K. Garriott, Joe Kerwin, 2008
9
The Merchant Prince Volume 2: Outrageous Fortune
“I've examined the airlock where these men claim they flushed Dee. And the scanners do indeed show them pushing him into Airlock 22, and no record of him coming out. So I have to assume he went out onto the surface. People do different ...
Armin Shimerman, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, 2002
10
Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook
When North American Aviation initially drew up the requirements for how the Apollo spacecraft would dock with another vehicle in May 1962, the company had envisaged a spacesuited crewman entering the airlock that was to be on the axis ...
Richard W. Orloff, David M. Harland, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AIRLOCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term airlock is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Burst water main: Repairs carried out on Walton on Thames …
“Although this will continue to improve as pressure builds in the local areas, the most common reason for this is an airlock at the home. «Get Surrey, Jul 15»
2
Vos & Ventress Are Golden - STAR WARS Dark Disciple Review
For all our hobbies, toys, and consumption of products, and the order they give our lives, it all goes out the airlock when nice booty is in ... «Boomtron.com, Jul 15»
3
Not fade away... how robots are preserving our old newspapers
The tray and its heavy load are whisked away, making a swift right angle at a turntable, and exit through an airlock. A driverless shuttle car then ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Interview: Venditti and Irwin Go "Hal Solo" with GREEN LANTERN
Because of who he is as a hero, Hal's not going to abandon Virgo or kick Trapper out of the airlock into the vacuum of space. That's not who Hal ... «Comicosity, Jul 15»
5
The First Five Minutes Of A Brilliant New First-Person Puzzler
In the first five minutes of Zachtronics' Infinifactory you're abducted, scanned, fitted with a red jumpsuit, nearly sucked out of an airlock and ... «Kotaku Australia, Jul 15»
6
State cites mine after fatality, checking ventilation doors
... Herald-Standard (http://bit.ly/1IvrQM6 ) that's being done because 55-year-old John Kelly was moving through a set of airlock doors when the ... «Beaumont Enterprise, Jul 15»
7
Breaking Into Comedy Writing with 'Key & Peele', 'Community', and …
It doesn't have an airlock. The way you get in is by breaking in. Once you're in, it's great. When the executive producers of Key & Peele, ... «Splitsider, Jul 15»
8
Death of a dragon
ISS food reserves mitigate the lost consumables, but science experiments and destroyed airlock upgrades will shift mission timetables and may ... «Texas A&M The Battalion, Jul 15»
9
What It Takes (And Doesn't Take) To Be a Medical Molder
Moon noted that many companies which go the whole nine yards—airlock, booties, gowns, hair nets—are often engaging in overkill since often ... «Plastics Technology, Jul 15»
10
A lot is riding on tonight's launch of Russian cargo ship to ISS
It's also a more versatile vehicle, Sirangelo said, with an airlock that could be used for missions such as fixing the Hubble Space Telescope or ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»

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